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#Flashtopic: How To Gain An Edge In 2018
As entrepreneurs, we always have so many plans. Every year, we start out thinking what we’re going to do, and then we get to the end of the year and it’s the last push of the quarter. You realize that you haven’t done a lot of anything and that you ended up filling your...
Pulling Back The Curtain On “As Seen On TV” with Carrie Jeske
Have you ever watched television and came across As Seen on TV programs and felt it was shady or that people are trying to pull the wool over your eyes? Then you might want to hear from Carrie Jeske. Carrie is an As Seen On TV guru and has been in the industry for over...
Tips for Building a Successful Relationship with Your Buyer
Creating a positive relationship with your buyer is key to having a productive partnership. John from San Francisco wanted to know how this could be achieved, and I thought that this is something worth discussing for all our listeners out there. You have to build a mutually beneficial relationship with your client by creating a...
Getting Grocery Retailers To Eat Out Of Your Hand With Millies Kitchen Creations’ Tracy Postic
There’s a brand-new giant in grocery retail who is taking the food industry by storm – but they’re not quite the mass-production factory you have come to expect. Meet Tracy Postic, founder and CEO of Millies Kitchen Creations whose original ideas, super fresh and healthy ingredients, and business smarts have stamped their mark in grocery...
Goodbye Toys R Us! My Experiences In The Field
The inevitable has happened: retail giant Toys R Us is out. It is sad to see such a giant in retail go away forever, but change is inevitable. Now, Big Boxers might be wondering: What was it like working with Toys R Us? How did the company manage to stay ahead of the game in...
What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong – Flash Topic #7
We all go through times when everything is going wrong, everything is happening, and we just don’t know what to do. Sometimes people get busy doing the wrong things. When things are going wrong, doing more of them is not going to help the situation. Bill Carmody discusses some great options for what to do when things...
How AR And VR Are Changing The Retail Lands with Jacki Morie
The process of selling a consumer goods product to a buyer hasn’t changed much in the last 100 years. You do a demonstration and hopefully, people become interested. Trying to think of new and different ways to make this process either easier, better, or more enjoyable is where AR/VR come into retail. These technologies could...
Leah Caplanis, The Brains Behind The Social Sparkling Wine
Women who like to drink don’t like what happens to them the next day. When they drink beer, the feel bloated. Wine gives them headaches and cocktails make them fat with its sugar. Leah Caplanis created Social Sparkling Wine, the most health-conscious alcohol available today. This sparkling beverage has a low calorie count and 1...
Four Common US Retail Misconceptions
Business around the world is not necessarily the same as business in the US. There are a lot of specific things that go on here that don’t go on anywhere else. There are a lot of companies that want to come to the US but they have these misconceptions perhaps because they’ve talked to...
Predictions And Suggestions For 2018
The year just seems to go faster than we expect. It’s like a freight train that’s going really fast and a new year is here. What’s important is what you’re going to focus on for this year and what things you should not accept any longer if you want to truly be successful with...