Promotion is an important part of your fireworks business‘ success. To help draw attention to your stand, tent or storefront, we’ve launched a pretty comprehensive line of flags, banners and bunting. Each product in our Promotional Gear category is made from sturdy material and uses stylish designs with bright colors to catch the attention of passing traffic. […]
At the end of the day, everyone wants to get paid. The fireworks business is no different — your goal in opening your stand is to have fun, work hard and make decent money. No matter how hard you work, though, poor budgeting, bad cash handling and a weak end-of-day cash-counting process will cripple your […]
Every great salesman knows that, in order to sell a product, the customer needs to experience the excitement you feel about what you’re selling. How do you make that excitement connect with the average person? Promotion. P.T. Barnum, the marketing genius behind the legendary circus group Barnum and Bailey, once said this about marketing: “Without […]
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. –Vince Lombardi If you want to succeed in running a fireworks stand, you need a team of employees whose commitment makes your company better. Just getting bodies to do menial tasks is not […]
We’ve talked a lot about the need for fireworks stand operators to be savvy business owners. You’ve got to do your research on where to put your stand, what the local laws are, what type of structure you’ll need to sell and store your products and who to hire. And as if all of that […]
When it comes to choosing the right product for your shelves, we love quoting these wise words from Joe Dirt: “It’s not what you like–it’s the consumer.” The success of your fireworks stand has everything to do with what your customers want. You can buy a whole truckload of your favorite fireworks to stock your location, […]
Running a successful fireworks stand is a lot like trying to sell a house. If you’ve got a great home in a bad location, good luck on trying to find a buyer who will pay the asking price. The same goes for your stand — you need to find a good location. In the seasonal […]
Welcome to the second part of our blog series on how to run your own fireworks stand. If you missed the first part of our series, you can click here to read it. Otherwise, get ready for a crash course in all the expenses you need to consider as you plan out what could be the […]
So, you’ve decided you want to run your very own fireworks stand. First, we want to congratulate you. Running a fireworks stand can be a very rewarding (and very tiring) endeavor that you’ll remember for a long time. We’ve been in the fireworks business for over a decade, so we know how amazing it feels […]
