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Mood Rings – an excellent newsagency basket builder

I’m thrilled with sales of Mood Rings as part of our impulse purchase offering. The sales success reinforces our experience that retro / nostalgia products sell.

First developed in New York in the 1970s, Mood Rings will bring back memories for many baby boomers – they tend to be the ones who notice them on the table first. They are a perfect impulse line for the traditional newsagency shopper.

We have placed our Mood Rings carefully in the centre of an impulse purchase display and placing other items appealing to the same shopper next to them.  Stock turn is excellent. When we have the display at the front of the newsagency it attracts shoppers who would not usually shop with us.

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  1. allan wickham

    One for your female readers Mark….

    My husband bought me a mood ring the other day.
    You know the ones that change color to reflect mood changes.
    When I’m in a good mood it turns green.
    When I’m in a bad mood, it leaves a red mark on his forehead.

    🙂

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  2. Jenny

    Have just sat on phone for 28 minutes and 11 seconds to get thru to tele cust service – if I was wearing a mood ring I can’t imagine what colour it would have turned but it would not be a pretty shade!
    Maybe we should leave them back in the 70’s when life was calm and peaceful and loving.

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  3. shauns

    Jenny no matter how long a wait it was and how carnky you where i bet that once you read Allans joke you smiled 🙂
    It was a cracker

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  4. Jenny

    Shaun I did like Allan’s joke. Am back to turquoise.

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  5. Mark Fletcher

    I love that others get therapy from this place too.

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  6. allan wickham

    Thanks Shaun. Glad your feeling better Jenny. Mark, laughter is the best therapy and you know I love to share a joke or three.
    Keep smiling everybody, todays gonna be a great day!!! 🙂

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  7. Milla

    Hi I am desperately seeking a mood ring for my daughters birthday next week…. Can u tell me where I can purchase please! Milla

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