The Wealthy Retailer

A great retail conversation with Marc Beerling this week. Marc is a retailer with 15 years experience in retail. In 2005, he started his own store after 3 years managing someone else's, in a small Canadian city. Offering Mens and Ladies Contemporary as well as Lifestyle, Denim and Footwear, over the years he grew the operation to a footprint of 18,000 sq feet and peak sales just south of 3 million...

Join us this week as Dan talks one on one with Vash Tomanec of Fashiontising. Vash shares some great insight about digital marketing for your fashion brands and boutiques and more! Lots of great info and take aways. Vash discovered his WHY during his first freelancing gig when he helped his friend’s father take his small business to a point where he could go full-time and spend more time with his...

Retail MATH: Learn the math behind successful retailing: Find out how MarkUP and MarkDOWN affects your bottom line; How does Sell-Through really get measured and what does it say about your buying habits; How does Stock-To-Sales impact my CASH FLOW. The Wealthy Retailer is hosted by Dan Holman. Join him as they discuss all important topics in the retail industry. He chats with retail experts, reta...

Award-winning Retail Coach, Dan Holman guides you through the 12 key steps you’ll need to climb to take your store and your business to the next level. Learn step-by-step how create a customer driven culture, identify with your target market, merchandise your stores to SELL and create the necessary cash flow to maneuver in today’s modern retail world. The Wealthy Retailer is hosted by Dan Holman....

For the benefit of your retail store, we've got a story about immersive story telling and how you can inject that into your store's narrative. Great little story about a campaign built around being an antidote to the fast-purchase culture of black Friday, all in the effort of supporting the independents. A big pay jump coming from the giant Amazon - so we chatted about that and much more! So buckl...

Get ready for the conversation around five key emerging retail trends to watch in 2022 and beyond. How is your omnichannel payment experience for your customers. We chatted about ensuring your payment processes are ready for all customers. If you like data, we dive into some charts for Retail sales in Canada and Dan talks about the stats that you need to be watching in your retail business and fin...

Interesting chat around the story about the Canadian sale of 81 Toys R Us stores. What retail executives are saying about the widespread bottleneck in supply chains and what you and your store can do to overcome this issue. The story of Amazon planning their own boutique department stores and and interesting conversation about the 10 factors to consider before finalizing your retail store design....

There is no supply shortfall of headlines talking about inventory shortages. Regardless of them, Dan discusses the approach you need to take to look past those negative headlines and make your own plan for inventory success. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for...

How do you best tell your brand or store's social impact story? Dan reviews the ideas around being authentic in your philanthropic pursuits for the benefit of your community, you and your business. The inside story of COVID-crushed small businesses and their comeback hopes. We know the challenges and this articles dives into the stories about those who faced the adversity and are working toward ov...

It’s been a tough time for many in the retail sector but there are many signs that everything is going to be ok. In this episode, Dan reviews five signs that support this view. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for the independent retailer. Thanks for joining us...

A topic that retailers cannot ignore for much longer - Afterpay is helping Canadian retailers grow their e-commerce businesses and Dan shares his thoughts. Cleaning time. How much time and energy is needed to invest in this area and what are the implications of not doing so? Is cyber insurance needed for retailers? A great conversation that focused more on what you can do in advance, rather than j...

The focus was on small business but Dan gave the five points of this story the retail twist. Be sure to listen in on what will be some great points for you to consider in your business. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for the independent retailer. Thanks for jo...

Are you the face of your retail business? This week Dan discusses a story about the importance of being the face of your business and how that can lead to your business success. For your retail showroom, we talked about an interesting story about creating a unique showroom model for your store. Many are facing hiring challenges right now and we discussed the pros and cons of using things like sign...

The retailer questions had been piling up so Dan took the opportunity to answer three of them in this week’s podcast. Some informative insight for the independent retailer with questions and answers about tips for a start-up menswear retailer (which really could be any retailer), more details on inventory planning and some tips for building your retailer vision. Sign up for the weekly newsletter!...

From e-commerce to your brick and mortar store, have you taken some time to review your business model to see if it is fully up to date? Dan shares his thoughts when it comes to the updated retail model. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for the independent retai...

Are you up to date on RAAS? Retail as a Service, may be a little more challenging for some to grasp so we dove into that topic this week and chatted about that story. With the changing landscape of E-Commerce we shared a story about how it needs infrastructural support to expand. And finally, a story about the new toy store experience. Break out your legos and join us for that chat. The Wealthy Re...

Looking for ways to make your downtown flourish? This talk focuses on the factors that make the big difference to find the secret to success in the downtown. Pop ups, customer batching and more. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for the independent retailer. Than...

Do you like stats? We’ve got them on this episode…and so much more. This week we discussed a story about retail statistics and some numbers you should know. Great story about six ways to protect your business from the next disaster and we talked about these points and how your retail store can be better prepared for some adversity down the road. Looking for staff and having challenges? Listen in f...

Are you tracking the financial cost of your returns? Dan talks about the financial costs, environmental costs and how to improve your customer returns for the benefit of your bottom line. Do you have a Return scorecard? Listen now! Link to the original story: https://chainstoreage.com/retails-worst-kept-secret-its-growing-returns-problem This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wea...

Creating those emotional connections with your customers through boutique collaborations and more. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for the independent retailer. Thanks for joining us on this Retail Revelation with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer. Watc...

There’s some great reasons why consumers are not seeing as many ‘sales’ these days. It’s not bad news at all and Dan dives into the topic to share his thoughts. As things begin to really open up, we’re really seeing that ‘Feel good’ spending is on the rise. A DTC conversation as Dan shares his thoughts on six questions you need to ask yourself before launching a direct to consumer brand and Dan ha...

There are many challenges in today’s retail environment in hiring staff. More importantly, hiring great staff! Dan goes over some thoughts for the independent retailer to consider as you work to build out (and up) your team. Here is a link to the original story if you’d like to learn more. https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2021/03/retailers-in-canada-must-compete-for-talent-amid-challenges...

As summer starts, Dan has put together the Summertime 9. If you’re an independent retailer, this is a great list of nine things you can do and think about to get ready for the last half of this year and fully ready for what looks to be a scorcher in 2022. Listen to the podcast and then head over to get your Summertime 9 Action plan! https://retailbycrs.com/summertime9/ Thanks for listening in! Dan...

Have you ever bartered your products or services? There is a great opportunity for retailers to put some of their inventory to fair dollar use as this platform https://barterpay.ca/ provides the tools to do just that! This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from the weekly series where Dan focuses on items of importance for the ind...

Retailers embracing their role as community stewards to succeed in the next normal was our first conversation on this week’s podcast. Dan shares his thoughts on the importance of your retail position within the community. While the retail scene is starting to show new signs of life, there’s 'shrinkage' in the footprints and a new allocation of space for retail that is a very interesting topic of d...