Success of Nike’s Kaepernick Ad Means Trouble for Trump and Republicans in November
Nike’s move to sign up Colin Kaepernick to represent the brand is not only entirely consistent with the brand identity and a... Read More
How Much Should You Charge for Your Product?
Setting the right retail price for your product is kind of a balancing act. You need to take many things into consideration.... Read More
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Early in my career, I once worked as a department manager in a suburban department store. Each and every day, we’d receive... Read More
Achieve Turn in a Retail Business
“Turn Is Magic” because it is a reflection and result of so many activities that are happening right or happening wrong. A good... Read More
Marking Down—Driving a Higher Turn by Throwing Things Away
Driving a higher turn also means taking mark-downs—writing stock out of stock. In a fruit stand, that means throwing the old produce away.... Read More
Retailers Doing Well by Doing Good
This is a time to be very proud as a retailer. Recently there have been several high profile news reports of companies... Read More
Vionic Brand’s Retail Pop-Up Experiment Results
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Vionic Footwear is a high-quality brand of men’s and women’s casual and dress fashion footwear. Their mantra is Style shouldn’t hurt. The... Read More
What Recent Quarter 1 Retail Earnings Reports Actually Reveal
This is a big week (week of May 14, 2018) for quarterly earnings reports for some of the biggest brick-and-mortar retail companies... Read More
Humor—A Key to Building a Positive Community
Laughter, jokes, and humor in general are powerful ways of strengthening the bonds of community and generating good karma. And this can... Read More
Starbucks: Doing the Right Thing, and Doing Well as a Result
Starbucks’s CEO, Kevin Johnson, absolutely did the right thing and showed more courage than most company leaders when he took personal responsibility... Read More