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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A mentor is someone whose hindsight can become your foresight.&#8221; &#8211; Note in a fortune cookie]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2012/01/30/quote-of-the-day-5/</link>
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		<title>Feeling the Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feeling the Love With Valentine’s Day approaching, we have declared a month to love your Management One® Affiliate. To help your affiliate win, simply go to the Management One® Facebook page at: http://facebook/com/managementone There you will find out how to register your vote for the most loved! The results will be announced in next month’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2012/01/30/correction/</link>
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		<title>Feeling the Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Valentine&#8217;s Day approaching, we have declared a month to love your Management One® Affiliate. To help your affiliate win, simply go to the Management One® Facebook page at: http://facebook/com/managementone There you will find out how to register your vote for the most loved! The results will be announced in next month&#8217;s Informer.]]></description>
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		<title>Management One® Announces Expansion of Its Specialty Retail Consulting Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Evan Wise 630 886 8848 Email: evan@management-one.com http://www.management-one.com/about/careers.php FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Management One® Announces Expansion of Its Specialty Retail Consulting Service November 23, 2011, Tucson, AZ—Consulting firm Management One®, which provides open-to-buy and inventory planning to specialty retailers, has announced the next orientation and training for new retail consultants that join the Management One® [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2011/11/29/management-one%c2%ae-announces-expansion-of-its-specialty-retail-consulting-service/</link>
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		<title>Facebooking Shoplifters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, Here is a front page article in Today’s Arizona Star featuring one of Neil Norton’s clients in Tucson. It discusses how retailers in communities like ours and across the country are using social media to prevent and catch shoplifters.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2011/11/22/facebooking-shoplifters/</link>
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		<title>A letter from Marc Weiss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi All, Management One® has 92% of all classes processed for October. We are proud to announce that Management One® clients outpaced the report released yesterday by National Retail Federation. The NRF posted an increase in September sales vs. LY of 5.8%. Management One® clients had a total increase of 9.0% or 55% higher than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2011/10/15/a-letter-from-marc-weiss/</link>
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		<title>Retail Quote of the Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s only when you have the means of seeing where you are going, then rely on your plans, that you are truly prepared to execute when the time comes.&#8221; - Our late M1 affiliate, Ed Cloeter]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2011/09/26/retail-quote-of-the-day-16/</link>
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		<title>Join the Free Webinar about Purchasing a POS System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Management One® will be hosting a free webinar on &#8220;What to Ask when Selecting a POS System&#8221; to be held Tuesday, September 27 at 3:00 pm EDT. This is a non-commercial presentation. We are asking that there be no mention of any particular vendor or system to keep the discussion completely non-partial. Anyone interested in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2011/09/20/join-the-free-webinar-about-purchasing-a-pos-system/</link>
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		<title>In The Spotlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jay Purkhiser&#8217;s (Fort Wayne, IN) client, Pink, scored twice as a winner in this year&#8217;s Richmond Magazine&#8217;s &#8220;Best &#038; Worst&#8221;. Readers voted the boutique, owned by Libby Sykes and Deborah Boschen, as the &#8220;Best Fashionista Temple&#8221; and &#8220;Best Selections of Summer Dresses at a Non-chain Store&#8221;. La Jolla Village News recently ran a large article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.specialty-retail-blog.com/blog/2011/09/18/in-the-spotlight-6/</link>
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		<title>Whitewater retailing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer time is the time when families go on vacation and workers take time away from the job to enjoy some great weather and outdoor activity. For me that meant a recent whitewater rafting trip for 100 miles down the Colorado River. I figured a rafting trip out of cell range was a sure way [...]]]></description>
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