Vendor Success Series

If you read our last blog, hopefully you took a little time to reflect on your summer markets. Now it's time for step two. Start planning for the holidays. Here's the hard truth. The vendors who have the smoothest, most profitable holiday seasons are not the ones who work the hardest in November. They're the ones who start early, right about now. That doesn't mean crazy hours. It just means being intentional. Start with what your customers already told you this summer. Look

If you've been showing up to farmers' markets all summer, first thing to do is just pause. You've earned that. Early mornings, Colorado weather, long days, it's a lot. Now, before you dive headfirst into creating for fall, take a moment and let your customers tell you what's next. What sold out every weekend? What barely moved? What were people asking for that you didn't have? That's free market research and it sets the tone for a strong fall. As you start looking ahead, reme