Additional, right-on predictions from the Retail Prophet

December 13, 2009

Doug Stephens is the Retail Prophet.  He owns/operates Retail Prophet which is a future focused retail consulting group specializing in work with independent retailers, their buying groups and associations.  He’s an actual retailer turned consultant/guru and I highly recommend networking with him on LinkedIn, following his blog at www.retailprophet.com and following him on Twitter – [...]

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My 2010 Predictions in the world of recruiting for retail

December 12, 2009

Many readers know that every year I carefully consider some predictions for the upcoming year in the recruitment arena specifically targeted to the Retail and Hospitality industries in Canada.  Here are last year’s predictions -  http://ow.ly/yVzh. As I think some of the new developments and trends for 2011 began in 2009, here are some comments [...]

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Black Friday on Maui – a little late!

December 8, 2009

Anytime anyone comments on retail in a tourist-dominated area, there are really two stories.  How retail fared for the actual residents of the area (90,000 on Maui) and how retail fared for the tourists/vacationers (as many as 175,000 at any one time – a drop of 15% over the previous year due to the economic [...]

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