Advice for Retailers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Make no mistake: COVID-19 is having a major effect on retailers, just as it does everything else. Perhaps even more so as... Read More
How Retailers Can Overcome a Short Holiday Shopping Season
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During my interview with Jim Blasingame this week, we discussed how retailers can overcome a short holiday shopping, season, how the face... Read More
Making the Effort to Include Everyone – Happy Holidays!
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I take personal responsibility and credit for creating the tag line “Happy Holidays” and being the first to use it successfully in... Read More
Black Friday: It’s Not about the Sales
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Well, not just about the sales, that is. For several years, maybe more than a decade, the significance of sales on that... Read More
Holiday Retail Walkthrough: Williams Sonoma
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Recently I conducted a walkthrough of a Williams Sonoma store in a fairly affluent suburb of San Francisco. Williams Sonoma is a... Read More
Holiday Retail Walkthroughs: Waterstones Bookstore, London
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This is the first of a series of Holiday Walkthroughs of some of the best (and worst) retailers in the US and... Read More
Small Business Advocate Radio with Jim Blasingame
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During my interview with Jim Blasingame on Small Business Advocate radio we discussed fundamental laws of retail, such as the power of... Read More
The Authors Show Podcast
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The Authors Show is more than a “show” in the traditional sense of the word. It is a professional interview podcast created in 2005 that offers... Read More
Why Would a Successful Wholesale Brand Open Its Own Retail Stores?
Recently, several high visibility online retailers have undertaken to open their own physical stores. Amazon, the online retailer credited with damaging traditional... Read More
Holiday 2019 Retail Business Predictions
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It’s early—maybe too early—to predict how retail business will be for this holiday season, but I’m going to do it anyway. It... Read More