Savvy Store Blog

What's in a Savvy Store blog, you ask? You'll find business tips, recycling and reuse ideas, creative store fixture use, community events, store design, and much more. We post our blog once a week(ish) and try to mix helpful with a dash of amusement. Enjoy!

Resolutions!

In honor of the new year, we have put together our favorite resolution ideas in case you are having trouble coming up with some of your own.

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Things to Do in Portland When You're Bored

We know that those of you who visit PSF from out of town have precious little time to spare... you know, being mostly business people and all. However, if you happen to be in Portland for a little while and you're looking for fabulous things to do, then we have some fabulous ideas. Now, I know we've talked about things to do in the summer, but there are tons of things you can do all year round!

Visit Washington Park:
International Rose Test Garden - www.rosegardenstore.org
Japanese Garden - www.japanesegarden.com
Oregon Zoo - www.oregonzoo.org
Hoyt Arboretum - http://hoytarboretum.org
Oregon Children's Museum - www.portlandcm.org

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It's Summer! Go Do Something!

Reasons we are glad it's summer... or at least it's supposed to be summer:
- picnics in the Mt Tabor pavilion
- Movies in the Park
- Hiking in the gorge
- Portland Farmer's Markets without the umbrellas

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Adventure Duck Goes Adventuring

: Las Vegas

Have you met Adventure Duck?
No?
Then you are missing out.
Adventure Duck is one of the bravest and best of ducks you will ever meet. And he LOVES to adventure.
Adventure Duck has been everywhere!

: Orcas Islands

Disneyland
Salt Lake City, Utah
Cleveland, Ohio
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Alexandria, Virginia
Jennerstown, Pennsylvania
San Francisco, California
Las Vegas, Nevada

: San Francisco

The Orcas Islands
Sacremento, California
And a whole bunch of places in the Portland area
Adventure Duck is planning his first overseas trip for later this year!
He will be sure to keep you posted on how much fin he has on that trip.
But in the meantime, go find some adventures of your own!

: Myrtle Beach

: Cleveland

: Disneyland

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What We Read

A bunch of us here at PSF are big readers. And I'm not just talking about fixture catalogs either (though we do drool a little when a new vendor catalog comes in the mail). We like to read books and magazines and comics and the newspaper and books online and the backs of cereal boxes! It's kind of awesome how much stuff we know.
We like to read. And we know that a lot of you like to read too, but who has the time to really think about finding something awesome to read? So here's the Portland Store Fixtures Official Reading list.

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