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by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | Community, Educational Opportunity, Industry, News, Private Label, Resources, Retail Partners, Retail Strategy, Skateboard, Small Business, SUP, Surf, Trade Shows
Surf Expo Show Director Roy Turner and Bob Hurley of FLORENCE, which is exhibiting at Surf Expo January. File photo by SES. The largest gathering of watersports and coastal lifestyle professionals returns in just one month to the Orange County Convention Center...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Resources, Surf
While surfing is generally considered a warm water sport, temperature need not dictate your enjoyment of the ocean. In fact, if you can brave the elements encased in rubber, you’d stand a much better chance of scoring uncrowded perfection. The only problem is staying...
by admin | Dec 27, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Clearance Sales / Discounting, Holiday, News, Retail Strategy
1. Greeting Customers Greet at the Door: Have someone greet people when they enter your retail store to tell them what is on sale with, “Good morning. The whole store is 20 percent off.” You want to interrupt them before they get to the counter...
by admin | Dec 23, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Community, DTC, Footwear, Holiday, News, Shoe Market
A Nike store at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles. CEO Elliott Hill said he traveled extensively in his first two months in the role to get a sense of the retailer’s operations. Cara Salpini/Retail Dive Elliott Hill, who just took over the top spot in October,...
by admin | Dec 17, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, Customer Service, HR, Resources, Sales Training, Staffing
.A silent revolution is taking place. It’s not about the latest technology or the newest product trends. Instead, it’s about something more fundamental: how we interact — or don’t interact — with each other in retail stores.I’ve witnessed the...
by admin | Dec 15, 2024 | Community, Debate, Interviews, Opinion, Skate Art, Skateboard, Surf
The skateboard virtuoso and documentary filmmaker on why surfing, skating and well, everything, is a creative endeavor If you ask documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta, everything in life can be approached as art, down to the most menial of vocations, the most rote and...
by admin | Dec 11, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Data Driven Performance, Holiday, Omnichannel, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
Credit: Getty Images by zeljkosantrac It’s that time of the year when sales take on new horizons and retailers have the opportunity to capitalize on fresh consumer enthusiasm during the holiday season. The festive period is here, and retailers must prepare and refine...
by admin | Dec 9, 2024 | Email Marketing, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Story Telling
Credit Getty Images by D3sign For marketers, no time is more crucial than the holiday season to connect with consumers through personalized offers and messages. This year, personalization is more powerful than ever, with Optimove Insights data showing a 227 percent...
by admin | Dec 5, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Customer Experience, Footwear, Industry, News, Shoe Market
The Vans store on Oxford Street. – Tom D Morgan The U.K. is one of the brand’s biggest markets and it’s often an early adopter in the direction that the brand is heading in. Vans is returning back to its skateboarding roots, and that comes with a...
by admin | Dec 3, 2024 | Apparel /Fashion, HR, Industry, News, Retail Crime, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
Let’s be honest – when it comes to retail fraud, the online world grabs all the attention – and probably justifiably so. Last year, losses stemming from internet shopping scams and duplicity approached $400 million, according to statistics from the Better Business...
