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Does any of this sound familiar? “I feel I have to markdown everything in order to sell it” “My sales volume is increasing, but I don’t have any cash!” You have more month than you have money. “How much is…
Does any of this sound familiar? “I feel I have to markdown everything in order to sell it” “My sales volume is increasing, but I don’t have any cash!” You have more month than you have money. “How much is…
Retail can be a very tough business. There are lots of pressures, lots of things to do, problems to solve, customers to help, employees to coach, vendors to negotiate with, and that’s just before lunch on Monday! All of us…
The Christmas Secret That Only A Few Retailers KnowI hope you had a wonderful holiday season. I hope that your stores beat their sales goals, and that you had an incredible amount of fun this month. And certainly, I hope…
Celebrating The Creativity of Specialty RetailersAs the Holiday Season approaches, every retailer out there does something special or unique to attract customers to their store. Some use incredible decorations, others have wild promotions. There are also tons of in-store events…
And then she said, “You know, I don’t know what you do, or how you do it. I only know I have more cash in the bank, so this must be working.”This is for retailers. One of our clients called…
Retailers: If you cut costs, you played defense. But to win in this (or any) economy, you must also play offense!Retailers: If you cut costs, you played defense. But to win in this (or any) economy, you must also play…
Mobile Coupons – 30 Million iPhone users can’t be wrong!We just got back from ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), and we had an amazing experience. We learned how shopping center owners and managers are dealing with the economic downturn,…
Many retailers wonder how they can effectively work with their vendors to get help with goods that are not selling. What I can tell you, is that vendors do NOT respond to “It’s tough out there,” “The economy is killing…
Happy to report that Black Friday sales were booming over the Thanksgiving Holiday; as well as, the Saturday, Nov. 24th sales supporting Small Business shops. I’ll be speaking with the Redondo Beach Chamber Economic Council this coming Wednesday, Nov. 28th,…
Wow! How many times have you all heard about or felt this personally? I assume many of you have heard this time and time again! So what’s the reason for this pain and downfall of cash for the independent retailer?…