Grand openings are social events that generate buzz about a new business in the community and CeremonialSupplies.com has the perfect grand opening ribbons to embellish Scottsdale businesses opening up in Arizona this year! It's well known that Arizona enjoys one of the best economies and the growth and expansion of new business investments in the last 3 years are now starting to bear fruit. Just this month Miller Square of Scottsdale, Fabletics, Ragz N Tagz Boutique, and RedLine Athletics are having their Grand Opening ceremonies in Scottsdale! Given that this spurt is expected to continue throughout the year, CeremonialSupplies.com wants to share some tidbits on the products and supplies essential for a memorable Grand Opening ceremony in Arizona!
Create Your Guest List and Issue a Press Release
As you organize the event, be sure to create and maintain a guest list that includes business colleagues, friends and family, and all who helped with the endeavor - if the business had to deal with banks, invite your bank officer, same with realty company, and all who helped the business reach it's moment of glory with a grand opening ceremony. Include local government representatives and local clergy leadership. This expands the advertising and promotional efforts. Create a media list of contacts and write a brief press release with all the pertinent information for an easy insertion in any of Scottsdale's papers like Valley Lifestyles Magazine, Arcadia News, The Peak Magazine, and the Tatum Sun Times. Invite local celebrities or personalities. Remember the media follows celebrities.
Grand Opening Essential Supplies
In preparation for the big event you will first need signs. Signs you can put on the door of the business, shop, or store and preferably big with bright bold letters that will jump out and grab attention. Self-standing roll up banners, ceiling hanging signs, step and repeat backdrops, all are available at CeremonialSupplies.com where we carry a wide selection of Grand Opening signs, as well as customized with the name of the business. The grand opening signs should be up at the location a month or two before the grand opening ceremony. This means that if you will customize the signs, or anything else (which you should) the ordering process should begin at least 3 months before the event! After all, if the grand opening ceremony is intended to be memorable, you don't want to wait until the last minute, or rush anything. Early ordering avoids stress and mistakes.
The ceremonial ribbon and the ribbon-cutting scissors were items that in the past didn't make much of a statement but today, with the exponential development of technology, the ceremonial ribbon and the ribbon-cutting scissors have become a branding extension. Rather than a simple red ribbon and a pair of sewing scissors, you can have the ceremonial ribbon in any color that represents your company logo or colors. CeremonialSupplies.com selection of grand opening ceremonial ribbons have colorful ribbons of every shade that will surely match your company logo. Our ceremonial ribbons are available in traditional width of 4" and 6" and also extra-wide size of 8", 10", and 12". The 12" ceremonial ribbon is also used widely for banners. We can customize the ceremonial ribbon with any font and design provided. We recommend extra-wide ribbon of either 8" or 10" for the ceremonial ribbon because the customization print will be bigger and easily identified in photos and videos even in tight, up-close photo shots. Aside from customized ribbons, CeremonialSupplies.com also offers a selection of pre-printed ceremonial ribbons 4" and 6" wide, with the words "Grand Opening."
The ceremonial scissors are essentially the stars of the show, and as such, they should be treated accordingly. CeremonialSupplies.com selection of ribbon-cutting scissors include beautiful, giant, 25" or 30" scissors with either silver or gold color blades and handles of different colors designed to match the ceremonial ribbons. The giant scissors can be ordered with a pre-printed message on the blade that reads "Grand Opening" or "Ribbon Cutting Ceremony" or they can be customized with your own logo or message. The jumbo scissors are made of steel, they do cut ribbon and, are quite sharp. Before and after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, when the ceremonial scissors aren't being used, they can be displayed prominently on their own display stand. This is not only convenient, it adds to the decoration of the event and can be used as props for the official event photo or video. CeremonialSupplies.com has two different styles of display stands for the ceremonial scissors. If the jumbo scissors are not what you're looking for, we also have the golden handle scissors in the traditional 10.5" size. CeremonialSupplies.com also has elegant display cases for all three sizes of ceremonial scissors so that the stars of the show can be kept for posterity as a memento of the landmark event. The display cases have room for the ceremonial scissors, a piece of the ceremonial ribbon, and for photos and newspaper clippings of the event.
Taking A Grand Opening to a Sophisticated Level
Scottsdale, Arizona is not the kind of place where people go for much pomp and circumstance, in comparison say with Los Angeles. But the city does have a strong air of understated nobility, and its people have a strong sense of propriety. To take your grand opening to a sophisticated level, consider the addition of stanchions and a red carpet. The stanchions will hold the ceremonial ribbon at one end and the other. This avoids people having to hold the ribbon and risking it becoming lop sided, folded over, or just looking awkward on the photos and videos. Nobody needs to touch the ribbon when you use stanchions. CeremonialSupplies.com has a selection of stanchions that include classic stanchions, plastic stanchions, and retractable stanchions. For a grand opening the most fitting style would be the classic stanchions or the weatherproof plastic hitching post style stanchions that come in white, yellow, or black. We also recommend for a truly rich look, to attach bows the same color as the ceremonial ribbon, to each stanchion at the point where the ribbon is knotted or taped to the stanchion, and include a tiered display of 3 Grand Opening balloons on each stanchion. This will truly be an attention-grabber and will take the ribbon-cutting ceremony a notch above!
In addition to the stanchions, you may want to also consider a red carpet (or blue carpet, green aisle runner, pink carpet, purple carpet, or black carpet aisle runner)! This is a sophisticated touch for the main entrance, and for the official photo area and an item you can certainly re-use throughout the life of the business.
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