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Don’ts for Retailers Using Social Media

In this new era of fake news, alternative truth, and inflammatory messages on social media, it is a good time for us to appraise (or reappraise) our own use of social media. Are we doing the best we can to … Continue reading

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Store Entrances as a Branding Tool

FixturesCloseUp.com provides “a pictorial inventory of unique or otherwise interesting small-scale fixtures seen across the entire range of retailing. Just as a city-scape is built up of individual bricks, beams, and boards, so a store is constructed of many small-scale … Continue reading

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Can RadioShack Be the “Neighborhood Technology Playground”?

RadioShack has been struggling for a while — due to competition from online retailers and discounters such as Wal-Mart. So, it is trying another remake as it moves away from its recent “The Shack” theme. Will THIS work? As Natalie … Continue reading

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