Build Lockets & Kiosk Profits

Mix fine jewelry with the capability to customize it in highly personal ways, and retailers will have a crowd pleaser for a kiosk, gift shop or store. Such is the case with Manalapan, NJ based, Picforever LLC’s product line of Build a Locket, Theme Lockets and Personalized Photo Charms. “These are perfect kiosk products because there are so many different ways to go with them,” says Picforever owner, Amy Kotz. “When people see that this is not just jewelry but a special type of locket, it stops them in their tracks. Our lockets... 

Capture Sales with NSL Products

By selling a product that in one fell swoop creates a tradition, beautifies the environment and offers a truly, “magic moment,” kiosk operators can have an instant winner. NSL Magic Plant, Johnson City, TN, sells beans and a rich variety of other living plants, but this living bean plant may well be the most surprising plant since Jack and the Beanstalk. Through a patented technique, NSL Magic Plant engraves a message on a bean, places it in a growing medium within a can, and then seals the can. When the can is opened and the material... 

Rainbow of Colors Capture Buyers

Suncatcher If carts and kiosks can catch the eye of passersby, they can stop them in their tracks. If they have original merchandise to sell, they can turn them from just-lookers into paying customers. This is a distinct possibility with Off the Wall Creations’ beautiful crystal products, which capture existing light and reflect a rainbow of dancing colors back at people walking by. To further pique the interest of shoppers, all Off the Wall Creations’ suncatchers, bookmarks, dragonfly crystals, semi-precious crystals, beaded and birthstone... 

Kiosks Aim Higher

While many kiosk and cart vendors succeed by carrying only affordable items that consumers will buy on impulse on the spot, others focus on lines of products that start at about the $10 retail range and reach to higher price points. Conventional wisdom has long favored the former approach. However, here are two companies with very diverse product lines that have seen dramatic growth through kiosk and cart vendor relationships. Their mix of products includes top sellers that carry $200 and even $300 plus price tags. The products themselves are high... 

Kiosks Spread Fun

Fun always attracts attention, especially if the source is something novel. Two kiosk and cart suppliers offer products that provide an opportunity to capitalize on tickling the funny bone and delighting with irresistible flavors. Mini Melts, which migrated from abroad to its base in Norwich, CT, provides a new and novel way of selling ice cream. Backgate Designs Inc. in Morgan Hill, CA has patented, “Flair Hair Visors,” head visors from which soft spikes of synthetic hair erupt to cap the head. There are 19 different visor colors, including...