Archive for the ‘Retail Supplies’ Category
Cash Register Paper
We spend a lot of time on this blog trying to show how fun price tagging guns and pricing labels are and exploring the necessity and functionality of both. The Retailer Source though, is also a source for all matters and sizes of cash register paper. This is one of our not so heavily publicized [...]
The Great Price Tagging War Part 2: The Not So Great Conclusion
Were this price tagging gun war an actual gun battle, Edgar’s Pharmacy would have been a blood bath. Bystanders and cans of soup were all properly filed and priced. As the dust settled it became clear that there would be no clear victor in this battle. Instead I was now forced to share my turf. [...]
The Great Price Tagging War
I am mighty quick draw with my price tagging gun. For years no one in town has ever even thought about trying to out label me. Sure some young hot shots have talked up their draw but when push came to shove, they backed down and I remained the hottest Monarch 1131 this side of [...]
Garvey Labels
Looking to spruce up and specify your price tagging situation? Let me clarify. Do you want to make your labels jump out at your customer and assert that your product and or price is “special”? Do you want to label meat as “meat” on a pricing label? It seems like a good idea doesn’t it? Don’t [...]
Easy To Fix Price Tagging Guns
The mechanics of a price tagging gun are really pretty intuitive. If you have ever opened one of these guys up in order to load them with pricing labels they are fairly easy to figure out. This is why they are so conveniently easy to repair should a jam occur. Back in my days as [...]
Monarch 1131: The Cadillac of Pricing Guns
All price tagging guns are not created equally. Some brands are shoddy with unimpressive and ineffective construction and parts. Other times there is simply a known tendency towards error. As in when a price tagging gun for no good reason begins to back up. That said there is one sure fire brand name when it comes [...]
Retail, The Good Old Days
Anyone with retail experience knows it is not always easy. Some of those days where nothing happens for hoursat a time can drag on for what feels like weeks. Every now and again you get some nightmarish customer who seems to have made it the primary goal of his or her day to make you miserable. [...]
Sentimental Possession of Tagging Guns
It is one thing to ask a fellow who has worked at one branch of a supermarket chain for over a decade to change branches, it’s rough but it is in a way understandable. To make that same employee give up their trusted price tagging gun is another thing entirely. When you have clocked as [...]
Avoiding Mistakes With Pricing Labels
Look, everyone makes mistakes. This goes for all employees at a local shop. Any body could slip up and miscount a register or mislabel a product, but the more care you put in to pricing gun labels the better chances everyone has of catching a mistake. This is why we put prices on products at [...]
Kids And Price Tagging Guns
When you are young and a boy, anything you play with that looks or feels like a weapon is captivating, cool and potentially dangerous. My father worked at the local general store when I was a kid. During the day my Mom would occasionally clean houses just to supplement their income. I am super grateful [...]
