Gift Rep Sandy

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Gifts are fun to sell and can be sold to a large variety of stores.  Some of the stores you will visit as potential customers are as follows to (not an exhaustive list, but representing a large sample of store types you are likely to run across):

1.    Independent gift stores
2.    Museum gift shops
3.    Convenience stores
4.    Restaurant gift shops
5.    Franchise or chain gift stores
6.    Gourmet food stores
7.    Kitchen stores
8.    Food co-ops
9.    Independent grocery stores
10.    Gift basket companies
11.    Fresh fruit stands
12.    Produce.
13.    Hotel/Motel gift shops
14.    Book stores
15.    Tourist attractions’ gift
16.    Remote vacation destination
17.    RV parks and campgrounds
18.    Chamber of Commerce gift shops
19.    College bookstores
20.    Pharmacy and Drug stores
21.    Home décor stores
22.    Antique shops
23.    Sporting goods outlets
24.    Florist shops and nurseries
25.    Variety stores
26.    Airport gifts shops
27.    More ….

After looking at the list above, I am sure you will see that gifts can be sold nearly everywhere!  I have even sold gifts to beauty shops, liquor stores, pack and ship stores, bakeries and ice cream shops!

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One of my very favorite sales trips (and you will probably hear this often because I have some many great gift store buyers!) is to Lochsa Lodge — in the north central mountains of Idaho.

The Lodge is located on Highway 12 — better known as the Lewis & Clark Trail Highway — about 10 miles from the Montana border.  The drive from my home in Orofino to the Lodge is about 2 1/2 hours.  The road is narrow and winds around the mountain side next to the Lochas River, but it is some of the most beautiful river scenery in the state of Idaho!

Calm day on the Lochsa River

I arrived at the Lodge later than  planned.  Road construction slowed me down during the last stretches of the road.  Between road painting  trucks, construction vehicles, and bumpy surface due to the dug up roadway, I arrived late — and right behind a tour bus stopping for lunch!  The Lodge was buzzing with people and activity.  Quite a change from the miles of isolated road between the forest and the white waters of the river!

Lochsa Lodge

My trip to the Lodge is an annual visit in the late spring.  Even though Lochsa Lodge boasts that it is open 365 days a year, the buyer places large orders only once in late spring — so I waited as the staff and the buyer serve lunch to the tour bus riders who had chosen the Lodge for their lunch destination that day.

On my way back down the mountain, I stop at a few other gift shops to take more re-orders.  There is a new buyer at one of my stops, so I spend time explaining who I am and what I gifts items I sell to their store.

Driving back through the construction on the way home is tiring, but all and all, it has been a good day for Gift Rep Sandy!

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