The Wealthy Retailer

Here’s a headline that we like to see: store openings are outpacing closures in 2021. An interesting story about the Top 6 Trends for Boosting Your E-commerce. Within the story are some great reminders and tips of things you need to consider for your e-commerce offering. A story about merchants collaborating together for their shared success and survival. It started out of the need to survive and...

How does your store inventory stack up when it comes to freshness and sell through? Dan shares some insight on this topic and what you can do to improve your store’s performance in this very important area. 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 re...

Some great stuff on the Wealthy Retailer podcast this week. We discussed a story about where Canadians spent the most money during COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, we talked about what it looks like for the next six months and how retailers can adjust and plan for this. Dan really emphasizes the power of local circulation of local dollars in the economy and how much businesses in local economi...

Dan shares some simple and straight forward approaches to retail. Join us as we discuss the 5 rules for retail and how you can start using them to benefit you and your store! 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...

Is your store the go to?! Our first story this week talked about how businesses, to become the go to for their customers, must serve their customers needs better than anyone else in the market. We found this one really interesting, a young entrepreneur who re-launched a dormant boutique store that she had worked at before. Why she did do that instead of starting anew formed part of the discussion....

There are two types of retailers. Those looking to go back to the status quo, waiting for things to go back to the way it was. The others are those who are more resilient retailers and they are focused on future-proofing their business. Dan shares his thoughts on future-proofing your retail store. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic...

How digitally ‘found’ is your store. Our first story discussed this week included making sure that your retail store is Hyperpublished among other activities you need to focus on. We enjoyed a story about a young entrepreneur and how she has started and discussed how there are so many ways to start in retail now. Great discussion here as Dan reviewed the 7 trends in retail transformation and innov...

Regardless of the time of year or which holiday sales season is next, here are three great ideas to engage your customers. These are the ideas to help you create raving fans! 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...

Right off the top, we dove into a story about endangered, humdrum and potentially deadly retail real estate and what they need to do to work with retailers going forward. Lots of Canadians are starting new businesses and it’s really interesting to see that retail was leading the way in a few provinces. A story about the expected growth for e-commerce in 2021. This story was tasty! Pizza and Wine!...

An amazing opportunity to grow your audience by partnering on a strategic retail collaboration. This is not just for the big brands and retailers, this is a tactic available for all sizes of independent retailers too. The time is now, start planning for your next retail collaboration! This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Podcast series. This topic comes from th...

Some positive ‘looking ahead’ stories for independent retailers this week. A story about a former landscaper-turned-entrepreneur believes that once the pandemic subsides, a resurgence for retail is in the works and he wants to participate in that growth. What awaits retail on the other side of the pandemic? We had a great discussion about that. A headline you can’t help but smile at: What The Inde...

Dan shares his insight and part of his own journey of working with vendors. It’s all about creating that winning relationship with them to really experience that win-win scenario. 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...

A great honour for a great retailer! Dan chats about ‘The Duke of Danforth!’ The story really makes you think. When it comes to your store and your community, what are you the Duke or Duchess of? The next story we talked about was a missed opportunity for many businesses that could be competing with Amazon on price, but have stubbornly refused to join the 21st century. Attention is brought to the...

Dan shares some great thoughts as we discuss what it takes to have successful experiential retail in your store. It’s more than just selfie walls! 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...

Some great stuff on this week’s podcast. We chat about 5 key themes for 2021 retail. A story about trends that will converge to change retail even faster this year (can it change really happen faster than it did last year?).  A story about returns. Do you want to slow down your returns? Fix apparel sizing! That was an interesting topic.  They started with people, then food and now they'r...

From greetings to engagement, understanding and more! Join us as Dan shares some insight into the retail selling system that you and your team need for your store. 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 Retai...

A full podcast of great stories to help you and your retail business. This week we chatted about something near and dear to Dan…Cash Flow! There was a story about 12 Ways to Increase Your Cash Flow and Dan discussed a number of the more important items. Edmonton-based footwear brand Poppy Barley’s innovation continues within the world of sustainable fashion as they just launched their first plant-...

It’s time to get Phygital in your retail operation. We’re not just talking about the omnichannel experience, Dan shares some thoughts on how to represent your store in multiple ways on multiple platforms and how to engage with your customers. We talk about digital abandoned carts and physical abandoned carts and what to do. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer...

Thanks for joining us! This week we discuss a bunch of retail headlines including a story about a Vinyl Record store that opened 40 years ago...and all of the reasons they should not have succeeded....40 years ago. A story about ‘Go or No Go’ - a Physical distancing traffic management - what is it and how can it work for your retail operation? Ontario retail restrictions continue to frustrate and...

Let’s build that winning team for 2021! Through all of the challenges and opportunities the next year is going to bring us, it is without doubt that our best chance for success is going to rely on the makeup of our team. Join us as Dan discusses the important considerations you need to make for the benefit of your store. This is Retail Revelations with Dan Holman - host of the Wealthy Retailer Pod...

Dan tackles the headlines this week that matter to you, the independent retailer. This week, we discussed a story about a new system, called the Lightspeed Supplier Network, launching for bike stores, pet stores, jewelry stores and outdoor sporting good retailers in North America. The next story of conversation focused on the Rapid Online Retail Growth Drivers for Small Business Retailers in 2021....

Buy Online Pick Up In Store (BOPIS) is not just a convenience for your shoppers like it is for the big box retailers, but rather a great opportunity to take advantage of for independent retailers to get to know their customer better. 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 import...

We kick off the first podcast of 2021 talking about some great headlines that are important to you the independent retailer. This week we discussed Shopify's list of the leading trends for 2021. We chatted about a story on 3 ways that small business retail can survive and thrive with technology. An interesting story with the reasons that Jeff Bezos and Amazon could end up bankrupt. Dan shared more...

Dan Holman, the Wealthy Retailer, shares the 20 key points you’ll need to undertake for the most successful 2021 possible.  From Content creation, to clarity breaks, to profit planning and more. These are the things you’ll need to focus on for 2021. 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,...

Four D’s for you to concentrate on in your retail business. Data, Digitization, Direct and Destiny. In this episode of Retail Revelations, Dan discusses this story that focuses on a company looking for these four key features in brands today. 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...