Whoever thought that peer pressure was over once you graduated from high school or even college, they were sadly mistaken. It happens in the workforce from your co-workers It happens from your adult friends. It even happens from your industry Read More …
Good or bad, there is usually a work around…for something that went wrong. company policy security measures protocols data processing calculations adjusting inventory free item gift card exchange out of date or, even…a detour on the only road you know Read More …
When you own a business and you earn savings that can’t be beat, do you pass it on? Do you share the savings with reduced retail pricing? Do you offer better products and services? Do you use this to build Read More …
We used to order everything for Christmas in July – at the very latest – to be ready for the retail season. That doesn’t mean, however, that people around the country (the world?) should buy everything they need for the Read More …
The Groupon Problem as I am calling it – for the companies and brands who use this form of marketing – is becoming worse. I fear that it is making more of an economic statement than I hope it is…is Read More …
Everyone and I mean everyone should be sure to take time off after busy and stressful times of the year as well as those events that are quite successful and long or short term accomplishments have been realized. No group Read More …
It is hard not to be tempted to do things that you don’t think you should do. The e-mail this weekend (and for the last few years around this time of year) promotes any and everything that you may or Read More …
If you like this, you might like that. It is all about the next visit and they hope they can enjoy your return. From demographics, trends and prior purchases, retailers can tell a lot about you without even really “knowing” Read More …
Oh, the offers you get for sales and discounts that drag you from the comfort of your home and make you go shopping! Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day – a holiday and a great day for retail sales. Read More …
It used to be something very special – to be invited to a private sale – but now, that could mean you and every other person in their e-mail database are invited. Or, everyone with the retail store’s credit card Read More …