There is a huge difference between a very sincerely spoken “it has been my pleasure” and the endless thanks that someone says after you say you’re welcome, followed by another “thank you” but said again in a different way… what Read More …
This year, we are not just seeing the usual post-Thanksgiving specials, like Black Friday deals and Cyber Monday online specials…it is literally becoming “cyber everyday” with more deals added, extended to Tuesday and beyond…pretty much all week long this week. 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 …
Which is it this year: need it, want it, got it? Reading the countless emails promoting Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday sales, I’m not sure that any of the categories fit this year. Even if we don’t have it… Plus, Read More …
There is nothing better that a company can do than making work fun for it’s employees. I don’t think I have ever – except maybe at Disney World – seen so many happy smiling people in a retail store. Certainly Read More …
No matter what happens, we, as humans need to fill the void. Whether it is an empty store, a spot in the cupboard that used to hold food – speaking of food – maybe it is a grumbling belly after Read More …
We are always sad saying good bye to retailers who have won our hearts. This weekend, we walked over to the coffee shop to pick up breakfast – we had to choose take out because we were too busy to Read More …
If you think that small is big, you might be thinking of small businesses. You would be right along with the owners of those businesses, who don’t think it is in any way small, let alone insignificant or immeasurable. Small Read More …
I am remembering now, as I am thinking back on the recent LuLaRoe phenomenon that I may have been “just” ahead of the curve, but not as much as when book club was reading Fifty Shades of Grey. It was Read More …
Since the moment in time when commerce started, making a good trade was always the goal. It was the coming together of one person who had been working hard to catch or make something and then finding someone else offering Read More …