Pay for your Qualatex MasterBow Maker in One Holiday Season
By selling lots of holiday bows, you can potentially pay for your Qualatex MasterBow maker in just one season! Profits you make from just 165 12" bows can pay back your initial investment in the bow machine. Be sure to have a wide variety of Christmas and winter ribbon on hand for the holiday rush. View the Online Catalog for seasonal ribbon suggestions.

Marketing Holiday Bows
No matter what type of business you’re in, adding custom bows made with Qualatex MasterBow ribbon can increase your bottom line during the holidays.
Try these marketing suggestions:

• Sell bows as accents on gifts and decor items. Our selection of Qualatex MasterBow ribbon can convey everything from playful moods to sentimental expressions. View Show What You Want to Sell for more ideas.
• Add bows to seasonal gift baskets as the perfect finishing touch. Try talking to a variety of local businesses that could sell your baskets, such as: grocery floral or produce departments, department stores, specialty stores, coffee, nut, and candy companies.
• Expand your decorating services to private homes. Carry the same theme and colors throughout the house using Weather Resistant Qualatex MasterBow ribbon. See Show What You Want to Sell below for more ideas.
• Add a lucrative bow corner to your shop to make wonderful, custom bows for all your customers.
• Hire part-time help to make perfect bows every time and save labor for your experienced staff. By adding printed Qualatex MasterBow holiday bows to each Christmas plant or arrangement, you’ll add a festive, unique expression that will satisfy customers and increase profits.
• Call on retail clients and offer to decorate for holiday events, front-door decor, or seasonal displays. Also be sure to call on shopping malls about seasonal decor needs. After you’ve called everyone on last year’s client list, try selling bows and decor to new venues like: corporate headquarters, offices, manufacturers, hospitals, associations, hotels, restaurants, and local schools.
• Visit tree frams, nurseries, greenhouses, and florists and offer volume discounts on bulk bow orders. See Plan Ahead for the Holiday Season for additional ideas.

Home for the Holidays

Sell Bows for Every Holiday Need
Beautiful holiday bows can add holiday cheer to any home. Rent a kiosk in the busiest shopping mall in town to show and sell your holiday bow designs. Include a business card on everything you sell so people know where to call for more of your unique creations. Have a variety of holiday bows on hand for shoppers’ gift-wrapping needs. Large 16" bows are perfect for hard-to-wrap items like bikes, cars, big-screen TVs, and large appliances.

Keep a photo album to show clients how to decorate their homes. For instance, photos could include cascading swags of greenery with holiday bows over doors and windows. Show bows on any wreath, along with pinecones and holiday picks, for a warm greeting on the front door or porch. Or try showing a heart-warming country patchwork look on wreaths as in the Quilted Christmas Wreath design shown here. Suggest decorating evergreen trees in the front yard by adding a large, sensational Red Lacquered bow to the top of the tree and smaller bows all around the branches. Weather won’t be a factor when you use Weather Resistant Qualatex MasterBow ribbon. Find more winter design ideas in our searchable Idea Gallery. Visit Catalog Request to order a seasonal Qualatex catalog.

Create Lovely Winter Decor
To decorate for seasonal, winter-themed parties, use beautiful Qualatex MasterBow ribbon, such as the “Snowflakes” design in White or Colonial Blue. Create winter bows for use on centerpieces, party entrances, arches, banquet tables, dance floors, and stages. For a more formal, dramatic look, use “Stars White & Silver” or “Stars White & Gold” with star sprays or garlands. Find more winter design ideas in our searchable Idea Gallery. Visit Catalog Request to order a seasonal Qualatex catalog.

Target Corporate Clients
for the Holidays
Winter holidays provide unique opportunities for you to sell bows. Many businesses decorate for the holidays or offer decorating ideas to their customers. You can provide festive holiday bows for counter decor, table centerpieces, or door decorations. Offer your services to businesses such as:

• Hotels
• Apartment Complexes
• Homeowners’ Associations
• City Offices
• Real Estate Agents
• Caterers
• Retailers

• Front Doors
• Mailboxes
• Lampposts
• Wreaths
• Parties

• Christmas Trees
• Centerpieces
• Banisters & Mantels
• Gifts & Baskets
• Toy Collection Boxes

Plan Ahead for the Holiday Season
Christmas is the largest ribbon-selling holiday of the year. Start early to find out where the temporary tree lots will be and who is sponsoring them. Organizations like the YMCA, other charities, and supermarkets typically host tree lots. Contact the sponsors of those lots early to see if they’ll purchase beautiful Qualatex MasterBow holiday bows to sell along with the trees, fresh wreaths, and garlands. Offer to provide:

• 6" bows made with #9 ribbon to decorate trees
• 10" bows made with #40 ribbon for tree toppers and wreaths
• Long lengths of ribbon for tree streamers, banister decor, porch columns, or fireplace mantels
• 16" bows made with #40 ribbon for lampposts and other outdoor decor
• Use your imagination this holiday season to develop new ways to sell bows.