Have there been times in your life when you’ve looked back at some mistakes you’ve made and said to yourself, “I should have seen the handwriting on the wall”? For retailers today, the “handwriting” is appearing in business news headlines like: These major retailers are closing more than 3,000 stores this year, Clark.com Stores are […]
By Patrick Thuot The Internet has forever altered the way retail businesses function. By helping consumers shop in an innovated way, retailers now have to revolutionize their business or fear the risk of getting left behind. For example, businesses with an online presence grow 40 percent faster than businesses without one. In spite of this startling […]
We are headed full-steam ahead into the hectic holiday season. Holiday spending is expected to reach its highest point since the Great Recession, increasing 10 percent compared with the 2015 holiday season, according to PwC’s 2016 Holiday Outlook.Digital sales are expected to increase 25 percent and many of those purchases will be made on a […]
Small Business Saturday 2015 is now history, yet many small business owners are shrugging their shoulders wondering what all the hoopla was about. The concept of Small Business Saturday is great. No doubt about it. It raises awareness of the importance of small businesses to our communities. However, one day isn’t enough to give you […]
I was listening to the story of a guy who was opening a store to sell watches. He had great watches to sell and he pulled in some very creative people to design a dazzling store. His front window display was one that pedestrians loved to stop at and enjoy. Sales, however, did not follow. […]