STORE PROGRAMS
Smart Planning
The New SmartBook Saves You Time and Makes You Money
Blish-Mize will send you a customized
Market Book ahead of the Buying Market
once you confirm your attendance. And,
for your convenience, the SmartBook and
all of the market programs are now avail-
able on
.
This tool is a must-have because it gives
you quick access to the best prices on the
products you buy most frequently. By hav-
ing that purchasing information in hand,
you’ll have the busy work done in advance,
giving you more time to explore all the
benefits the Buying Market has to offer,
such as attending informative educational
seminars, exploring new assortments and
spending more one-on-one time with your
sales representative or vendors.
“The SmartBook is designed to take the
tedious back-end work out of preparing for
the Market so once there, you can explore
some of the new concepts on display to
improve your operations,” Blish-Mize Vice
President of Marketing Chuck Short says.
Product Category Analysis
Your customized SmartBook will orga-
nize your purchases by product group,
beginning with a list of each vendor’s
Featured Items and New Products sorted
by Booth Number.
The SmartBook also goes a step further
and projects what you might need based
on the same three- and six-month periods
from the previous year, also showing your
projected savings for those time periods
by vendor.
While savings will vary per customer,
Short estimates that if you take advan-
tage of ordering from the SmartBook,
you could save between 7 and 9 percent
on your entire order. Even better for you:
all orders made at the Spring Market will
get Net 10th prox plus 60 days dating.
“With the SmartBook, you don’t
have to remember every single item you
bought—a full listing of what you carry in
your store is all right there, making it very
easy for you to calculate potential savings
by purchasing at the Market,” Short says.
Easy Ordering
Your sales representative will also
review with you the easy ordering ability
from your customized SmartBook. A
Vendor Directory is also included inside.
For more information, visit with your
sales representative, or email Chuck
Short at
.
B
lish-Mize has
introduced a tool to
make the time you
spend at the market more
productive and efficient.
The SmartBook, as this
new tool is called, is full of
historical purchasing data
and even sales projections,
all customized and specific
to your store.
“With the SmartBook, you don’t have to
remember every item you bought—a full listing
of what you carry in your store is all right there,
making it easy for you to calculate potential
savings by purchasing at the Market.”
—Chuck Short, Blish-Mize Vice President of Marketing
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