Contributions to Profit Think Inside the Box

- mini-catalogs or sales flyers for liquidated or discontinued items;

- test products to learn about a new item's sales potential;

- a customer satisfaction survey — ask about customer service experience and how customers received the shipment (e.g., timely, damaged, right product);

- a customer demographic study — find out more about your customers, the magazines they read, catalogs they also shop from. You could uncover a magazine to advertise in or a catalog list to test.