Well, even in 2013, we at Retail Concepts are left scratching our heads. It seems to be a recent trend (to our dismay) that many retailers are reverting back to the ways of the 1970's...and we...
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Shop Talk Newsletter
Shop Talk Newsletter
Our team of retail consultants are always shopping the marketplace to discover new retail trends, observe best practices and find ways that retailers can do things better. To help our clients and readers think about ways to improve their retail business, we put our retail expertise into a monthly newsletter, Shop Talk.
Below, find past copies of Shop Talk and better yet, sign up to receive Shop Talk in your inbox every month!
March 20, 2013
Top 10 Takeaways About Open-to-Buy
Well friends, you have made it through our open-to-buy mini-series.
Below are the 10 most important things we thing you should know about OTB:...
March 13, 2013
Why Plan in Retail?
It is all starting to fall into place. I always knew it was important to operate a retail store with an open-to-buy plan but now, having seen case studies of stores with...
March 6, 2013
Let the OTB learning continue!
Today we are going to go over my TOP 10 OTB vocabulary words and abbreviations:
1. OTB (also know as the big, bad Open-to-Buy)
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March 1, 2013
This month's Shop Talk will be a 4 part mini-series focused on understanding the importance of planning and Open-to...
February 7, 2013
We would like to thank all of you who participated in this year's Shop Talk Awards! Without you and your awesome nominations, we wouldn't be able to do cool things like this, so...THANKS...