Have you ever walked in to a store intending to buy one or two things and then walked out with five other items? Have you ever gotten home, looked at your purchases, and wondered what you were thinking? Chances are pretty high that you’ve fallen for some old retailing tricks that subtly encourage you to [...]
Earlier this year I posted a series on credit card reform and suggested that it would be a rough road ahead for many small business owners… unfortunately I was right. Though the credit card reform act of 2009 may have put a spotlight on some of the obscure and outright abusive business practices embraced by [...]
According to recent research, retail sales have fallen over the last month even as the back-to-school shopping season gets into high gear, and industry forecasters claim that this does not bode well for the upcoming holiday season either. Â (Image Credit) So the looming question for retailers big and small continues to be how to [...]
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