Author Archives: AQR Piece by Piece

Set Up Your Demonstration Station

Showing is always better than telling. If you don’t have a demonstration station set up [...]

Implementing Your Goals

In honor of this past week’s AQR Academy session, we’re covering how to implement your [...]

Optimize Your Website: Part Two

Last week we established website goals—including informing your customers and increasing revenue—as well as where [...]

Optimize Your Website

Businesses should leave an impression. These days, most first-impressions are made by websites. Read on [...]

Think Outside the Box: Embracing Social Platforms

Believe it or not, there actually are social media platforms other than Facebook and Instagram! [...]

Employee Handbook Part 2

Last week we covered where to start on your employee handbook. Now we’ll cover how [...]

Employee Handbook

Even if you feel like your employees are your second family, an employee handbook is [...]

Jazz Up Your Fabric Displays

In honor of the upcoming AQR Academy workshop on April 7 – “Jazz Up Your [...]

How Weather Affects Sales

Spring has sprung and warm weather has come with it. Have you ever thought about [...]

Ukraine Quilters Fundraiser

Quilters always come to each other’s needs. At the beginning of the pandemic, quilters equipped [...]

AQR Academy Upcoming Events

There’s a lot going on at American Quilt Retailer, so we wanted to set the [...]

Time Flexibility

We all know time is money. But like money, we only have a certain amount [...]