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Read my latest posts from my retail blog, Retail Perspectives

6 Tips to Increase Cash Flow Now

Cash flow is an on-going challenge for independent retailers, as it is for many small businesses. Sales growth remains modest at best, and credit remains largely unavailable to many independent retailers. That puts many squarely behind the eight ball. Here are 6 tips that can help you drive more dollars to the bottom line: Focus your marketing on your proven customers. ...Read More

Working In Your Business, Working On Your Business

Long before the E-Myth became a business management buzzword, it provided a valuable insight into the workings of entrepreneurial companies, including independent retailers. It stated that most entrepreneurial businesses fail because entrepreneurs are primarily “technicians” in their given field, and fail to develop the necessary business management skills to succeed. From...Read More

Fenway Park at 100

Fenway Park will turn 100 years old this week, and it’s no small achievement. Longevity has not come easily to Boston’s crown jewel of a ballpark, however. Over the years there have been any number of moments that seemed to signal the ballpark’s demise. As recently as 1999, ownership declared Fenway “economically obsolete”, and unveiled a detailed proposal...Read More

7 Ideas to Help Independent Retailers Succeed

I’m a regular contributor to RetailWire, an online board of professionals involved in various aspects of the retail industry. If you haven’t checked it out before, you can check it out here . There are many different topics that get discussed and chewed over, but today there was a question right in the heart of the strike zone for independent retailers – What steps can...Read More