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Culture that Rocks! A Q&A with Hard Rock’s former Director of Training

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What separates one company from another? Is it their merchandising, their marketing, or something else? It’s their people. Your people make up your culture, and a company’s culture can make or break a business. RetailerNOW recently caught up with Jim Knight, former Senior Director of Training at Hard Rock International and speaker at the upcoming HFIC, and asked him a few questions about how to create... Read More

Relationships

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Relationships: they help you grow, they can change you (for better or for worse) and sometimes they can be a total headache. You build relationships in every aspect of your life: personal, romantic, professional and those gray areas in between. This industry is full of amazing people that are great at cultivating, building and fostering relationships. Yes, there are days where you may want to break... Read More

Getting Started with Your Pinterest Business Account

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They’re here! Pinterest Business Accounts are now available for businesses (OK, they have been here since last November, but we are just now posting about viagra online without prescription it, so that makes it new news!). Already a fav social media site for many businesses, Pinterest has taken things a step further by offering business pages. If you are already a user, you can easily switch your... Read More

What I’m Loving: Bonn Sectional by Nathan Anthony

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One of my 2013 furniture purchases is going to be a new sofa (do not get me started on my current one!), so I have been looking at many different styles! I really love the new Bonn sectional by Nat buy viagra online han Anthony . It has a chic contemporary look that also looks cozy for any home. The unique leg design even creates an illusion that the entire piece is suspended in the air. This Bonn... Read More

The Disney Brand

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From a very young age, I have been a Disney fan. It probably started around the age of four, when my mom decorated my entire room in Minnie Mouse—from the bedding to the ceiling fan, it was all “Totally Minnie” (hey, it was the 80s). I also took my first trip to Disneyland that year, and have since been back more times than I can count! Growing up in Northern California, we always had amusement parks... Read More

Roving Reporter: Nick Gates at the Furniture Today Conference

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IT’S 2013, do you know where your Millennials are? At the Furniture Today Leadership Conference the sights were set on where are the Millennials, and what we are going to do with them. This was the first FT Leadership Conference I have attended, but I was immediately impressed at the caliber of minds in the room. From a retailer starting out in the business, any opportunity to talk with and learn... Read More

Email Marketing

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Is email marketing one of your main marketing tools today? Here’s some stats to see how you stack up to others, and what your customer is getting on a daily basis. What unique and creative tools have you used to collect customer email addresses? While there are several ways to collect emails through paid lists, we’ve tried to extend our customer service policies to our email collections and be as... Read More

Happy Holidays from the RetailerNOW Team

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No holiday is complete until I elf people (just ask everyone I have worked with over the years… muahahaha!). Happy Holidays from your RetailerNOW team (who knew we were such a talented bunch!)* – Mel   *No elves or RetailerNOW team members were injured during the filming of this video.

Pantone Color of the Year 2013: Emerald

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Goodbye Tangerine Tango, hello Emerald! While I was personally hoping for a more fun, exciting color name this year (eh, I am a word person… and Tangerine Tango was so fun!), I have always loved the color Emerald—a beautiful jewel toned color which enhances our sense of well-being further by inspiring insight, as well as promoting balance and harmony. Now that the news is out, how are you going... Read More

Another Year Ends

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  It’s hard to believe that another year is almost behind us. Time is moving so fast that you blink and the world around you has changed. Every year I like to take a few minutes to reflect and prepare for what’s ahead. One of my biggest p buy cialis ersonal achievements this year (aside from this magazine), was running in my first 5k. For 29 years, I have never been a runner—I was the person... Read More