Re-Stocking
One of the hazards of Christmas impulse shopping and abandoned carts from Black Friday is re-stocking. Online, such is the case with Cyber Monday, this is not so much of a worry. It didn’t actually get pulled off the shelf Read More …
Category: retail
So Smooth
Many, many things are promoted as being so smooth as to encourage you to just sit back and enjoy them. Your man’s close-shaved face Cashmere Babies bottoms Your aunt’s cheek, offered for a kiss on family holidays Velvet dresses Long, Read More …
Not For Sale
When I was in college, home from school for break, working to earn as much as I could…I was stuck driving my dad’s antique boat of a car. For those interested it was a 1967 Crown Imperial (in essentially mint Read More …
Forget Plans
Forget plans you have made. Just throw them out the window. You have to just go with the flow. Things are changing too quickly to think that there is something you did in January 2015, that still applies today. That Read More …
Successful Weekend
I hope that it was – overall – a successful weekend. We snuck out to one of our favorite big box retailers today, not to buy Christmas gifts, but instead to pick up a prescription that was ready. We probably Read More …
Shop Till You Drop
Did you do as they wanted you to do? Shop till you drop… it may have not been their motto for the day, but it IS what all the retailers who were open today, wanted. They have been promoting their Read More …
Pensive or Even Obsessed
There are many words for being thoughtful. I am not talking about being polite and saying “hello, thank you” to those you meet in retail settings. I am, instead, thinking of pensive or even obsessed. It is a good thing Read More …
Overdone
I have this recurring conversation with people lately… the same, essential belief that the holidays have become more than they should be. Retail holiday decor coating the stores 2 to 3 months in advance of the holiday is just one Read More …
Look Back
It is a good day, when you can look back and be proud of your past, your experiences and your accomplishments. This can be in the professional world, your business and yes, of course, your personal life, too. Who did Read More …
You Never Learn
In a hurry. Forgot to check. Or, even worse, decided not to check. You never learn. One item is all it takes. Take out. Drive thru. Delivery. Direct delivery or UPS shipment. Always double check the bag, the list of Read More …