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Creating customer bonds with presence, abundance, and generosity

June 22, 2015 by Tom Roberts Categories
  • Best Practices
  • Merchandising
  • Pricing

Traditional retailing wisdom says it is of the utmost importance to give customers exactly what they pay for. Any less, and you are cheating the customer; any more and you are cheating yourself. Being rather non-traditionalist myself, allow me to offer an amended view. Many markets and farmers have a budget for what they refer […]

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Design your stand for your shoppers

August 22, 2012 by Tom Roberts Categories
  • Best Practices
  • Information
  • Merchandising

Physical barriers can be psychological barriers, too. The way you build your display space has an impact on how shoppers feel about it and about shopping with you. Some markets impose limitations on the amount of space a member may use, while other markets allow members to use whatever space they can fill. In either […]

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Featured Markets

Sanford Farmers’ Market

Located in Central Park (Main, Washington, and School Streets), across from City Hall market is open Saturdays from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon, May-October, with a market the Saturday before Thanksgiving. This market features 20 vendors! Find a wide range of local products, including meats, produce, mushrooms, baked goods, and more. We accept EBT, credit […]

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Tri-Town Winter Farmers Market

Tri-Town Winter Farmers Market is open at the Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Rd., 10am – 2pm on the following Saturday dates: November 14th, 2021 January 16th, 2022 February 6th & 20th, 2022 March 6th & 20th, 2022 ​ You will also find us at our original home at Sturgeon Creek Farm, 1651 State Rd, Eliot, 10am – 2pm […]

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Brewer Farmers’ Market

Brewer Farmers’ Market is open every Saturday, mid May through the end of October, 8:30am-1:00pm at the Brewer Parks and Recreation parking lot on Wilson St. For the months of July, August and September the market is also open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30am-1:00pm. Shoppers will find the full spectrum of local goodies at our fine […]

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