Celebrate the Season’s Retail Successes With These Cocktails
Retail stores and retail corporate offices often host holiday parties for their employees as a reward for all the hard work. Parties... Read More
Retail’s Cocaine, Booze, Pot, and Sugar
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Allen Questrom, former CEO of JCPenney, Macy’s, and other great retail companies, recently said, “The sale has become like a cancer.” His... Read More
The Real Reason Black Friday Isn’t Just Friday Anymore – But Is Still in the Black
Remember when stores just opened a little early on the day after Thanksgiving, as in 7:00 am?; then it got really crazy... Read More
Retail Holiday Cocktail Recipes #2
The holiday season is especially stressful and demanding for retailers. The pressure is definitely on. Most companies—brick and mortar, ecommerce, or any... Read More
Why Trump’s Retail Strategy Worked . . . and Hillary’s Didn’t
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Two of the first rules of a successful retail strategy are to know your customer and to have the right product at... Read More
How Two of London’s Iconic Bookstores Mastered the Five Laws of Retail RETAIL STORE WALK-THROUGH #2
One can discern a great deal about a store’s success or lack of same just by walking through the store and talking... Read More
3 Reasons Why Barnes & Noble Is Struggling: RETAIL STORE WALK-THROUGH #1
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A retail walk-through is a cursory physical review of a store and its business. The term refers to the senior leadership of... Read More
Retail Cocktails
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Retailing is a stressful business. Whether you managing a store directly or are responsible for logistics, planning, buying, or for an ecommerce... Read More
Retailing in the 21st Century—a Values-Based Way of Doing Business
This is a perfect time to be a retailer (or to realize that you are one). The 21st century offers—and requires—something very... Read More
Come on In! We’re Open for our Labor Day Sale
Labor Day sales always extend past Labor Day and could be very good this year. This is because retail management gets very... Read More