Category Archives: Part 1: Overview/Planning

This sub-category encompasses an introduction to retailing, building and sustaining relationships in retailing, and strategic planning in retailing.

Amazon Smile :-)

This NOT a sale pitch. If you already shop at Amazon, there is now an easy way to give to charity. Amazon Smile is a rather new application that costs nothing to join or use when shopping. Through Amazon Smile, … Continue reading

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Consider These Tips in Your Career

Here are a number of leadership tips in the form of quotes by prominent retail executives as compiled by the National Retail Federation. Click the image for a larger version.

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The NRF’s Top 25 People Impacting Retail in 2016

Each year, the National Retail Federation Foundation recognizes 25 “disruptors, dreamers, givers, influencers, and power players.” Read on to access the 2016 list: 2016’s Disruptors — They “are true originals who rock the boat with ideas so crazy, they just might … Continue reading

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