Archive for February, 2010
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Northern California Retailers can now Win at Retail with Robert Reedy
Robert Reedy has <a href=”http://www.prlog.org/10552877-northern-california-retailers-can-now-win-at-retail.html?embed”>joined the Management One team.</a> He serves primarily the San Francisco Bay area and Northern California, although he accepts clients outside of that area.
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Retail Climate Change
Retailers may have some very helpful allies in places they would least expect to find them. This article seeks to highlight some useful, but typically ignored synergies between science, engineering, business and retail. Karl Popper elegantly described the purpose of science as a process which generates predictive theories. Science, economics and all kinds of business [...]
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Is Last Year the Retailers’ Friend?
More than ever before, using Last Year to set goals and measure performance can prevent clients from reaching their potential. On the one hand, expenses should be at the raw minimum now so comparing sales to poor performance last year can still be profitable, comforting and uplifting after a tough year. On the other hand, [...]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Adapting – Part 3
Adapting will continue in subsequent Informer issues with various topics of how the recent changes in the market, economy and retail world are affecting your business. This is the second of the series by Evan Wise. The Adapting article in last month’s Informer dealt with the need to identify your niche and then market to [...]
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Glowing Platinum
James Hallman (Atlanta, GA) had a couple of clients who were winners of the Alabama Retailer of the Year awards. The Fitting Touch won Gold for its category and Shaia’s won Platinum for its volume level. Congratulations to the winning owners and to James!
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Retail Quote of the Day
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Wanted – Retailers Helping Retailers
We are looking for a few good Retailers with at least 10 years of retail experience that want to begin helping other retailers. Management One is the source for the best merchandise planning (sales forecasting, OTB, cash flow planning), retail business guidance (Strategy, leadership, management, training) and other assistance for independent retailers. If you have [...]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Jonathan Schwartz joins Management One
We are excited that Jonathan Schwartz has decided to become an affiliate of Management One! Jonathan is strategically located in New York City amidst the a dense pack of retail opportunities. He brings varied and valuable experience in all aspects of retail. Jonathan has held many positions including CIO for Century 21 Department Stores, Director [...]
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Always get the facts and do the measurement before making a judgment!!!
Thanks to Ted for sharing this. EW A first grade girl handed in the drawing below for a homework assignment… After it was graded and the child brought it home, she returned to school the next day with the following note: Dear Ms. Davis, I want to be very clear on my child’s illustration. [...]