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Using Mobile Storage Containers to Sell Your Home Faster This Spring

March 28, 2016 by Nicole Garraffo

How do you sell your home faster this spring? According to experts, the answer is a combination of cleaning, decluttering and home staging. They also agree that renting or leasing one or more mobile storage containers is what will help you achieve all of this. Portable storage will allow you to remove the clutter, depersonalize your space, do a deep cleaning of each room and stage your home so prospective buyers can easily envision themselves living there.

Using Mobile Storage Containers to Stage Your Spring Festivals

March 17, 2016 by Nicole Garraffo

Spring is around the corner, and if you’re planning a fair, festival, carnival or outdoor concert or play, then you should consider using portable storage containers. These units are a great way to store everything you might need to set up, run and break down a successful event.

How to Properly Store Musical Instruments in Mobile Storage Units

January 21, 2016 by Nicole Garraffo

Experts agree that humidity and extreme temperatures are enemies of musical instruments in storage, and instrument owners need to take great care when storing them. If they don’t, then they run the risk of their instruments warping, expanding, contracting or becoming otherwise damaged, which can lead to costly repair or replacement.

Five Ways Storing Excess Holiday Inventory in a Mobile Unit Helps Retailers

December 29, 2015 by Nicole Garraffo

With the holiday season wrapping up (no pun intended), retailers might turn to mobile storage units for their excess stock. After all, once the holiday rush and subsequent return period for holiday gifts are over, it’s time for retailers to note which products sold, which ones did not and ultimately what has to be packed away for another year.

Using a Mobile Storage Container to Store Holiday Decorations

December 23, 2015 by Nicole Garraffo

The holiday season is upon us in the Northeast and across the rest of the country. It’s the time of year filled with the hustle and bustle of buying gifts for family and friends, planning holiday festivities and decorating our homes, offices and businesses in celebration.

However, as fast as the holidays and all of their cheer kicked into high gear, they will soon be over for the year. When that time comes, as it always does, holiday décor will need to be packed away once again.

How Retailers Can Use Mobile Storage Units for Seasonal Holiday Inventory This Year

September 16, 2015 by Nicole Garraffo

Summer is gone. Fall is here. While most people are thinking about the new school year, the World Series and football season, retailers are already thinking about the holidays and how the season – from Halloween and Thanksgiving to Christmas – will affect their fourth quarter and year-end sales numbers because holiday sales make up more than half of their yearly totals.

Tips for Maximizing Your Portable Storage Unit Space

September 10, 2015 by Nicole Garraffo

The very reason for renting or leasing one or more portable storage containers from A.B. Richards – the leading supplier of ground-level storage containers in the Northeast since 1982 – is to expand the living space inside your home or workspace inside your retail or office space.

You, of course, understand that space inside of your portable storage units is at a premium, and you ultimately want to be sure you use the space inside each one in the most efficient way possible.

Moving? How to Use a Portable Storage Unit for Pre-Packing

August 21, 2015 by eff_md

Are you planning to move? You’re not alone. According to Moving.com, 42 million people, or one in four adults, move each year in the United States. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re moving around the corner or out of state, it can be a very stressful time – before, during and after a move.

Businesses Can Use Storage Units to Effectively Brand Themselves

August 10, 2015 by eff_md

In recent years, more businesses – from retail, department, discount, convenience and specialty stores, warehouse clubs and restaurants to small mom-and-pops and start-up entrepreneurs working from home – have turned to portable storage containers as a way to not only free up space at their establishments and store records, equipment and seasonal/surplus inventory, but also as a way to set themselves apart from their competition.

How Mobile Storage Units Help Hotels with Seasonal Demand

July 31, 2015 by eff_md

Whether your hotel is undergoing minor or major renovations or perhaps seeking to purchase extra linens and dry goods in bulk to have on hand for peak season, A.B. Richards, the leading supplier of ground-level storage containers in the Northeast since 1982, can provide you with instant portable storage solutions in the form of high-quality mobile storage containers.