Archive for April, 2010

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Management One Business Consulting Affiliate Meeting in Tucson, Arizona

27 affiliates of Management One spent Thursday through Sunday last week in Tucson, Arizona attending the annual meeting of all Management One affiliated consultants.  Many exciting ideas and processes for retailers sales growth, improved profits, etc were put forth, created, or shared- much of which will be passed on to our many retail clients.   [...]

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Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Management One Consulting Affiliate Meeting in Tuscon, Arizona

Management One Meeting was a huge success as 27 affiliates stormed Tucson, Arizona for exciting and productive interaction The M1 2010 meeting attendees did a great job of bringing emotion, information, innovation and passion to the planning and action plans for the next year!

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Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Incorporating a System

I am sitting on Southwest Airlines flight #621 from Jacksonville, Florida to Vegas on my way back to Tucson. I have often read about how SWA is able to be profitable due to better efficiency, but seeing is believing.Imagine a contest where you have 100 numbered chips and 100 numbered holes. Your task is to [...]

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Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Taking Another Look

There is often more to learn from the mistakes of large companies than from what they do well. Those mistakes can mirror those that we all make in our own businesses. After all, the CEO of a large company and a small independent business are both human! Ed Whitacre had an illustrious career in the [...]

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Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Retail Quote of the Day

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

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Friday, April 16th, 2010

Guess What? Men Shop Too

Thanks very much to Cathy Wagner for sharing <a href=”http://www.stores.org/stores-magazine-april-2010/guess-what-men-shop-too”> this article!</a>

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