Goblins, ghosts and ghouls! Halloween is one of my favorite visual merchandising holidays. I just love all those spooky props and opportunities to create frightfully fun displays. Most retailers will ... Read More

Months ago I signed up for an email newsletter to keep tabs on a local business I frequent. Like clockwork, I receive a weekly message spotlighting a few products. You ... Read More

Our store has exactly four weeks before our holiday shopping rush begins. This doesn't mean I hope they start the last week of October. It's not even an educated guess ... Read More

If your shop has grown into a prosperous enterprise, you may be considering franchising. It's a logical thought for an entrepreneur wanting to expand the concept they've worked so hard ... Read More

Many retail workers say it's a good thing Christmas comes only once a year. As a retailer, can you imagine it coming four times a year? It seemed like it ... Read More

Before opening our own store, I spent many years in retail. I worked in those stores following a set of procedures and policies created by others. I simply did as ... Read More

Looking for upcoming events for retailers and retail professionals? Our retail industry event calendar features retail trade shows, conferences, seminars for retailers and other retailing events. If you know of a ... Read More

As we get closer to relocating our business, the more I’m considering upgrading our cash management system. It seems like the move would be the most natural time to make ... Read More

Like most any job, owning and operating a retail business has its ups and downs. And like most retailers, I occasionally experience some little annoying event that creates a lot of frustration ... Read More

Break-Even Point and other retail terminology can be found in our retailing glossary. View the alphabetical index of retail trade terms, definitions, acronyms and common misspellings of frequently used retailing ... Read More

Most retailers want high-traffic locations for their stores, but I'm often asked what tools or resources are available for finding such places. Here are a few ways to determine traffic ... Read More

EIN and other retail terminology can be found in our retailing glossary. View the alphabetical index of retail trade terms, definitions, acronyms and common misspellings of frequently used retailing terminology.

In eMyth Revisited:Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It [Compare Prices] Michael E. Gerber suggests designing your business to be a prototype for many more ... Read More

On this particular Labor Day, the only laboring I hope to be doing will involve a rod and a reel on a boat 50 miles off the coast. That's right, ... Read More

Please don't tell my customers, but every so often I run into one that I would like to choke. Maybe not to the point of suffocation but just until they ... Read More