Are you the face of your retail business? This week Dan discusses a story about the importance of being the face of your business and how that can lead to your business success. For your retail showroom, we talked about an interesting story about creating a unique showroom model for your store. Many are facing […]
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Helpful tips for your start up retail, inventory planning and steps to build a great retail vision
05
Aug
Aug
The retailer questions had been piling up so Dan took the opportunity to answer three of them in this week’s podcast.Some informative insight for the independent retailer with questions and answers about tips for a start-up menswear retailer (which really could be any retailer), more details on inventory planning and some tips for building your […]
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The opportunities in retail as a service, infrastructure support for your e-commerce and a toy store experience.
29
Jul
Jul
Are you up to date on RAAS? Retail as a Service, may be a little more challenging for some to grasp so we dove into that topic this week and chatted about that story. With the changing landscape of E-Commerce we shared a story about how it needs infrastructural support to expand. And finally, a […]
Retail News
Retail stats to build on, protecting your business from the next disaster and dealing with burnout
22
Jul
Jul
Do you like stats? We’ve got them on this episode…and so much more. This week we discussed a story about retail statistics and some numbers you should know. Great story about six ways to protect your business from the next disaster and we talked about these points and how your retail store can be better […]
Retail News
Less need for discount sales, feel good retail spending on the rise and lots on direct to consumer
08
Jul
Jul
There’s some great reasons why consumers are not seeing as many ‘sales’ these days. It’s not bad news at all and Dan dives into the topic to share his thoughts. As things begin to really open up, we’re really seeing that ‘Feel good’ spending is on the rise. A DTC conversation as Dan shares his […]
01
Jul
Jul
As summer starts, Dan has put together the Summertime 9. If you’re an independent retailer, this is a great list of nine things you can do and think about to get ready for the last half of this year and fully ready for what looks to be a scorcher in 2022. Listen to the podcast […]
Retail News
Community wins for retailers, shrinkage in the retail footprint and tips for hiring the best staff
24
Jun
Jun
Retailers embracing their role as community stewards to succeed in the next normal was our first conversation on this week’s podcast. Dan shares his thoughts on the importance of your retail position within the community. While the retail scene is starting to show new signs of life, there’s ‘shrinkage’ in the footprints and a new […]
Retail News
Sharing strong opinions, retail workforce changes for the good and the excitement over retail growth
17
Jun
Jun
As a retailer, do you share your opinion on many things socially? Dan shares his thoughts on this story that talks about the author’s view of how careful businesses need to be about the causes they align with.From the big retailers to the independents, we discussed a story about how the retail workforce has changed […]
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The future of retail and who it belongs to, retail’s declining rents and time for a private label
10
Jun
Jun
Listen on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. The stories, conversations and advice for the independent retailer. Thanks for joining us. Our first story this week… we discussed why the future of retail belongs to those who make the best decisions. Some strong points made in this story that you’ll want to hear for sure.Our next […]
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Retail growth in wardrobe refresh, a strategy giving retailers the edge and what makes a great loyalty program.
03
Jun
Jun
Are you ready for a wardrobe refresh? Your customers sure are! Canadians are buying more jeans again and we discuss the positive impacts of this story on independent retailers. Also, we’ve got a topic that we’ve chatted lots about in the past but for this episode, we have a new take from the Harvard Business […]