Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts seeking the insider perspective of all things retail. Fun fact, I was an off-price merchant back in 2006 and looking at…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Endless aisles, staffing challenges, and unanswered product questions… Today’s consumer experience is frustrating.…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Whether retailers liked it or not - lessons have been learned over the…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. We’ve been compensating. Last year’s stockouts due to customer shifts in buying behavior…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. As we quickly approach the holiday season, retailers are getting more and more…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. In this week’s edition, we highlight a conversation we had with our friend,…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Imagine… Walking into a store or scrolling through an online shop, seeing people…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. This week, we give you a recap of retailX, the first IN PERSON…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. Speed to market and getting closer to your customer…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. In today’s edition we are doing a round of shameless self-promotion and giving…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Last edition we briefly touched on tearing down silos and putting the customer…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. What is the purpose of the physical store? If…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. Setting your pricing strategy is more important than ever.…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter we focus on the future…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter we talk to various retail…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter we focus on B2B sales.…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter, we recap some of our learnings…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter, we go incognito. Covert. Secretive.…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter, we get excessive. We talk…
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Welcome to The Merchant Life, for retailers and retail enthusiasts wanting the insider perspective of all things retail. Now let’s talk shop. In this week’s newsletter, we talk about the impacts…
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