Typical Company Store

Our typical company store program involves clients purchasing promotional items in quantity, Adco Marketing warehousing the items, then fulfilling orders as needed. Thus a company with offices all over the US or the world saves money by bulk ordering, and at the same time allowing their offices to order small quantities of wearables, gifts or trade show items. Adco Marketing also offers a web site showing the warehoused items with a simple online shopping environment. Orders are either placed through the web site or telephone and are shipped direct from the warehouse to the customer.

The steps to setting up a company store are as follows:

• Determine your store budget (i.e. if you only want ten startup items at low quantities, your startup will be considerably less. If you want 50 items at medium to high quantities, your startup will be more).
• Select products for the store. These products will be selected in concert with Adco Marketing to best fit the overall image and needs you want to project.
• Determine the regions that will purchase or be served by the store. For example, if you have a large customer base in both the Americas and Europe, you could warehouse products in both regions saving significant amount of budget on shipping.
• Build the Web Site. We can construct a site that looks similar to your main web site or your intranet. The site can also be divided into subsections such as regional stores or sort products by price.
• Warehouse the items in the regions specified for the store.
• Do a store announcement either through inner-office e-mail or newsletter. Adco Marketing can also contact department heads or people who would benefit from the company store.

Store Operations:

• Orders are received either via the web site or telephone and placed with the warehouse.
• Orders are shipped from the warehouse direct to the client.
• Payment for the merchandise is received either by corporate card, personal credit card, check or internal accounting.
• Funds are typically held in a trust account used to restock the store or purchase new merchandise as required.
• Reports are presented monthly or quarterly detailing store operations. Products that are not popular are closed out or replaced with products that will be deemed more popular.

Call us to discuss the best company store program to fit your needs at (888) 332-ADCO or (415) 927-2881.