by bjk99 | | Uncategorized
You’re making plans to head to next year’s Global or Superzoo. You know why you are going there, but you don’t have a list of exhibitors to visit and timetable set for them. If you are like myself, you planned on just going there without, well, without a plan (which...
by bethany | | Uncategorized
You might be in the same boat as I am with this being your first pet store convention you’ve been to and are wondering “what all is even going on and, what happens at a pet store convention??”, Believe me, I had the same thought when I first heard of them! As you may...
by Diane | | business, customer, management, retail, sales, Uncategorized
What keeps customers coming back…. What keeps customers coming back? In the 80’s many people watched a top-rated sitcom called Cheers, many of you may remember it. The show started with a theme song that went like this: “Where everybody knows your name, And...
by Diane | | business, customer, marketing, sales, Uncategorized
Pet Store Promotion Ideas Looking for some creative pet store promotion ideas? Hoping to contain your advertising budget? Most pet stores advertise in a variety of formats. However, finding ways to stretch that advertising, without adding high costs, increases...
by Diane | | employees, retail, Uncategorized
How Do You Find Great Employees? Many small business owners struggle to find great employees for their needs. Employee costs might be the largest portion of your overhead, yet hiring the wrong person costs more than their payroll. The cost to hire and...
by Diane | | management, retail, stress
Small Business Stress Management Small business stress management, every owner and manager appreciates the issue. In fact, It might send you running off to an hourly pay job. Stress, small business owners cannot avoid it. Sometimes it seems...
by Diane | | customer, marketing, retail
Pet store success: survive as ‘Brick and Mortar’ in an online shopping world Pet store success. We live in a new age. Today, we order online and expect our purchases delivered the next day by UPS. Some now arrive same day by Uber or a drone. So what is a...
by Diane | | business, customer, management, marketing, retail
Business Failure: Why Stores Fail & How to Avoid that Deathblow Business failure happens. According to Forbes, 80% of new businesses fail in the first 18 months. Moreover, Inc.com reports that only 4% of all businesses remain in business more than 10...
by Diane | | customer, marketing, retail
Price, Cost, Value: Setting prices that reflect Setting prices in business requires an understanding of the cost, value, and competition. For many, pricing products is a matter of establishing a fair markup above the cost to the business. The markup will cover all...
by Diane | | e-commerce, marketing, retail
Pet Store Success Each pet store, regardless of where they are located geographically, must change and evolve to compete in today’s world of mega-stores and online stores. Gone are the days of the small store in town that sustains itself on visibility. Most cannot win...
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