Tag Archives: Small business

“More or Less” for Effective Merchandising

  A lot of people (and some Chihuahuas) can get very excited about choices. They love going to stores and getting to look through a large selection to find the exact right thing that’s perfect for them. And that’s true, … Continue reading

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Refreshing Your Store : Part 2

Remember last month’s blog, “Refreshing Your Store Can Keep You Growing”, which you can find here: We speculated that Target’s numbers would get better as more stores were updated and the improved shopping experience spread through the chain and, in … Continue reading

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Refreshing Your Store Can Keep You Growing

Two of the biggest retail chain stores, Walmart and Target, are doing something that Wall Street really doesn’t like. In fact, if you believe Wall Street they’re crazy to do it and it’s a complete waste of money. What could … Continue reading

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Supreme Court Decision Is In – Sales Tax for Online Purchases Coming.

With the big news about online sales tax handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court today, we thought we’d post a few early articles that may be of interest.  The actual implementation and implications for each business will be coming … Continue reading

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A Surprising Gen Z Trend

Gen Z is roughly the age group of today’s teenagers. There were a couple of surveys at the end of 2017, one by PWC and one by Piper Jaffray, that taken together showed something very interesting for retailers. The first … Continue reading

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Self-Gifting? Yes, please!

Self-gifting is a growing trend and it’s certainly one that you can have some fun with and grow sales. Many people pickup up a little something for themselves while out buying presents for a holiday, event or birthday present for their … Continue reading

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Prepare for Surge in Retail Activities

Barclays has put out an interesting note for retailers. They think that as US companies work through the implications of the 2018 tax cuts that they will begin to offer bonuses and wage increases. We have already begun to see … Continue reading

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