Archive — May, 2015
May I Present…
by Adam Zack — May 5, 2015
Do you know the three most important words to increase sales? Price? No. Service? No. Selection? No. Sure they are important factors, and they do influence the buying decision, but the three most important words to get ...read more
Handsome Sales
by DW Green — May 5, 2015
Yep Adam, retail is all about presentation and merchandising! Especially food retailing. People eat with their eyes. They purchase with their eyes. Of all the varied supermarket activities, the single most important, the most valued, the skill ...read more
Perfect
by Adam Zack — April 22, 2015
1perfect adjective per·fect \ˈpər-fikt\ : having no mistakes or flaws: completely correct or accurate: having all the qualities you want in that kind of person, situation, etc. I don’t know if there is a word that in ...read more
Adam’s Family Values
by Adam Zack — March 19, 2015
When I think of family, I think of a group of people related to me that somehow, through thick and thin, warts and flaws, fights and reconciliations still manage to share an unwavering support, love and loyalty ...read more
Setting Your Ground Rules
by Adam Zack — March 10, 2015
To us fervent carnivores there is nothing quite like the quest for the perfect burger. I have driven many miles, read extensive reviews and scoured social media for the ultimate combination of beef, bread and condiments that ...read more
Not The Same Ole Grind
by webmaster — March 10, 2015
Differentiation is the essence of competition. I love the word differentiation. It’s a difficult word for me to spell and pronounce—the word inaudibly tumbles out of my mouth, often landing on deaf ears! But aside from poor ...read more
In Support of REAL Local
by Adam Zack — March 4, 2015
There is a certain national natural foods chain that really, really, REALLY tries hard to make its customers think it is a local company. And they do a really good job of reinforcing that brand image in ...read more
Out Locally-ing the Real Locals!
by DW Green — March 4, 2015
It’s well documented that consumers prefer shopping a locally owned retail store to a national or regional chain store. But being locally owned, in and of itself, is not reason enough to maintain a long-term business relationship ...read more
Let’s all have some Pi!
by Adam Zack — February 25, 2015
Pi – A transcendental number, approximately 3.1415, represented by the symbol π, that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle and appears as a constant in many mathematical expressions. 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288 (to infinity…) ...read more
Addition By Subtraction
by DW Green — February 25, 2015
In the spirit of high school mathematics and National Pi day lets look at another mathematical concept, the “addition by subtraction” theory! Can a successful retail brand appeal to everybody? Nope. No one brand can possibly have ...read more
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