Using Hashtags To Grow Your Online Following Organically #HashtagTheory

I still remember the agony of finding out your mom was on the phone when you wanted to be on AIM chatting with your friends. It was simple then, you just waited until your friends got online, or even better, your secret crush and chatted the afternoon away. Then it was Xanga and Myspace, still, […]

How to Not Waste Inspiration

If you’ve ever been to a business conference, you likely know the “camp high” of motivation and determination to change your business and move it in a better direction. You know that as soon as you get home, you’re going to conquer the mountain in front of you. But what happens? We do nothing. I’ve […]

Inventory Reports – Basics

As we discussed in our recent post on inventory turn, we talked about the importance of inventory planning and how calculating your inventory turn can allow you to create a strategy for buying. Today we’re going to take one more step further into your reports and begin to see how we can use them to […]

What is “Inventory Turn” and what does it mean for retailers?

Of all challenges a retailer faces, the challenge of purchasing the right amount of product has to be among the top three. Buy too much and your cash flow tanks; buy too little and you’re losing out on sales and revenue. How much do you need? Enough for your customers to buy but no more. […]

Is Vend POS right for you?

Is Vend POS right for my business? Choosing a Point-Of-Sale can be challenging, confusing and hard. There are so many POS systems to choose; how do you know you are picking the right one? In this series of blog posts, we hope to answer this question for you, and we will be starting with one […]

Four Mistakes New Retailers Make and How to Avoid Them

One of the best parts of my job is getting to work with people starting their first retail business. There’s a unique passion that a new retailer has for the products they’ll curate and what they hope to offer their customers, and it’s amazing to be a part. Some things about opening a new retail […]

2018 Predictions for Independent Retailers – Part Two

Independent Retailers will be able to automate more of their process, but hustle will separate the winners from losers.  Retail looks different than it ever has. Like all other industries, time creates more change than we realize and it takes a lot of work to stay on top of that change. Some change can work […]

2018 Predictions for Independent Retailers – Part One

An Introduction. Why do predictions? 2017 was a year of constant change for independent retailers. This isn’t new; retail has seen constant change for as long as I can remember. On the other hand, some pieces of retail don’t seem to change at all. The medium changes, but the heart of retail remains steady. For […]

Your Last Minute Cyber Monday Plan

For Brick and Mortar retailers, Black Friday is the real deal. It’s a chance to bring people in your store and give them a great experience that will lead them to return in the new year. Not to mention, they’ll get some great gifts for their friends. For those of you online, we get to […]

Retail Metrics I: GMROI

Retail Metrics: An Introduction We wish that retail was all fun. If you’re like a lot of the people we work with, you have a passion for your product, your customers, your employees, and couldn’t imagine doing something different. Retailers get to be curators for their local markets that influence fashion, home design, sports trends, […]