Lots of great ideas! Along with everything else, customer service and new stock, sometimes I just like to look. There are 2 LQSs close to me. One I do not go to often because the owner will actually comment on the amount of your purchase. I've been quilting long enough that sometimes I just want to look and not be pressured to buy. She has cute displays and does kits and 2 BOM programs.
The other LQS has been around for years, has a large selection of fabric. I go there when I need to match fabrics. However, there is nothing to look at except the fabric. There are very few samples, and the ones that are there for class examples are YEARS old. There are no kits made up with new fabrics. There are no cute displays to look at - nothing to keep me looking around. The notions are mostly on a wall behind the cash register! So, it's not a browsing store at all unless you are shopping for fabric.
When we go on the local shop hop it's so fun to see the fun displays in the other shops. I can't afford to buy a twin size kit every time I stop in a store so I love the smaller kits, mystery scraps bags, store fat 8ths bundles and oodles of FQs or pre-cuts.