Bringing Business to Retail

As a retailer, you're constantly trying to stay relevant, stay ahead of the trends and predict what your customer is going to want. Know what your customers like Sounds obvious, right. Most retailers 'innately' know what products their customers like, and what they don't. What they choose to buy each season, is all "up here" (in their head). However, when I ask retailers to go through their sales...

We help overwhelmed creative entrepreneurs create a functioning command center to tame the chaos of their business so they can build a profitable and sustainable business from their passion. We've got happy and hustling students from all over the world who are both brand spankin' new and a little bit seasoned in their business. At Think Creative Collective we strive to pivot the creative community...

The media loves spreading doom and gloom, when it comes to the economy, and retail. If you have a bad day, it's easy to fall into the rabbit hole of despair and focus on anything negative that crosses your path. But a poor sales day, does not have to equal a bad week, a bad month or bad year. It's time to focus on the positive, so here are 10 facts about retail, that will instantly put you in a go...

A little sass, a dash of smart-ass, and a whole lot of answers about the science of achievement, Ellen Goodwin is your middle-aged Action Hero, ready to provide you the swift kick in the @ss that you need to take action and empower yourself. But Ellen wasn't always an Action Hero. A lifelong creative entrepreneur, Ellen didn't know when to say when, and like many of us stayed too long in a career...

The phone's ringing, your laptop is beeping at you, an alert goes off, in the midst of all this, you get 3 text messages. Busywork : 10  Productivity: 0 In 2015, I did a 15 day blog challenge, and one of those days ways to write about one tool that I use to be remove distraction. And this one had me thinking. It was a bit of a toughie. I talk a lot about productivity, and all of the apps that I us...

Melanie Miller is a lover of the unsexy side of business. After breaking up with the corporate world of soul sucking employers she became a business coach focusing on dishing up the hard unsexy truths of business to women. Two years ago tragedy struck when Melanie's Mum lost an almost two year battle with breast cancer. Every thing changed. Seeing how short life really is Melanie decided to go all...

Imagine this. Your business is going well, your team seems happy enough, no one complains, they turn up for work and you haven't been asked for a pay rise. So when a staff member comes to you and tells you their leaving, it's a big shock. You don't quite know how to react, and the first question that you blurt out is probably "why?". But you don't know if you actually want to know that answer, bec...

Sarah's Bio: After working in finance for 8 years, I quit my city job and spent 18 months travelling the world, climbing Kilimanjaro, backpacking around South America and doing a ski season. I used this time to help me decide on what I wanted to do with my life. I set up Tough Girl Challenges as a way of motivating and inspiring women and girls. I'm the host the Tough Girl Podcast where I intervie...

I was at the playground with my daughter recently, and whilst she was off on the swings, I was absentmindedly watching a group of toddlers play in the nearby sandpit. I observed a little girl with pigtails playing with a dumptruck in the sand, when a boisterous toddler, a little older than her, thundered over, ripped it out of her hand, and started playing with it. The mother came over to placate...

Dr. Jen Riday is a Women's Happiness Expert, host of the Vibrant Happy Women podcast and a mom of 6. Jen helps women shift from frazzled to fantastic and from overwhelmed to overjoyed by helping them learn the art of self care, manage their time in a way that matches up with their priorities, and to live in a way that honors their passions and purpose while still connecting with loved ones in a ba...

I was on holidays recently in a small beachside town. The family had a hankering for fish and chips, so I wandered down to the local store to order. When I walked into the store, the first thing I saw was a big sign announcing that if I was using a mobile phone, I wouldn't be served. Even though I wasn't using my phone, in fact, I didn't even have it with me, I felt like turning around and walking...

Weddings can be a time of intense love, optimism and hope. Yet the logistical realities of planning a wedding can take away from what should be a time of joyful celebration. I believe if couples are better informed on the pricing and value of services; better prepared for what is required to create the wedding day they envision; they'll have the space to not only create a shiz hot wedding, they'll...

I was on holidays recently in a small beachside town. The family had a hankering for fish and chips, so I wandered down to the local store to order. When I walked into the store, the first thing I saw was a big sign announcing that if I was using a mobile phone, I wouldn't be served. Even though I wasn't using my phone, in fact, I didn't even have it with me, I felt like turning around and walking...

When I tell my retailers, that they need to spend a week keeping tabs on what their customers are wearing, most look at me a bit strangely. But after that week, they realise there's a method to this madness. You see, when you look at what your customer is wearing, it tells you more about them than you could ever imagine. I know, I know, don't judge a book by it's cover. I'm not saying you should t...

In this week's episode you will hear what our guests answered in the past on Sal's great question "What makes you go wow when you walk into a retail store" We have Diana Holwerda and  Michelle Keefe '' Because I have a marketing background, I love anything that is showing that the store has actually spent some time in attracting people into the store. So, the window layout is very important to me,...

Utilizing the manufacturers description is a simple, quick and easy way to get products up onto your website. Yet standard descriptions hold you back in a few ways. Firstly, the Google Gods prefer it if you have fresh content – you'll rank higher in searches, than the stores that simply copied-and-pasted. Secondly, by customising your product descriptions, you're in a better position to move the c...

 Seven years ago I was bit by the brick and mortar bug. I was managing a small boutique so I was starting to understand the process and I had met someone that I knew would be a good business partner. Most importantly, I had an idea for a shop that I felt would stand out and that would add value to my neighborhood.  When my business partner Meredith and I got serious and finished writing our busine...

Have you ever been into a store, only to find out that they've run out of the thing you came in to buy? The store assistant assures you that stock is arriving in the next few days, and that they'll take your details, put on aside for you when the delivery occurs, and give you a call. The days, then weeks pass, and you hear nothing. In fact, you may have even forgotten about the order, and bought t...

Bio You might be surprised to learn that my entrance into maternity leave planning and coaching did NOT begin with my own arrival at motherhood. I had a decade of experience as a maternal health professional, but when I set out to plan my maternity leave as a self-employed consultant, I found…a whole lot of nothing. I found some blog posts of what other women did and what worked for their business...

One of the things people ask me all the time is "What is the mastermind". This episode will try to help you better understand what is mastermind and how it works. I invited rockstars to tell you exactly why they join and what they achieve in the last few days.  They will let you know experience so you can be the next one who is going to join this fantastic group. You will learn today: What made th...

Teliah is the owner of Renu Hot Yoga, NUYU Juice Bar, and the host of The Balancing Act Podcast, where she interviews women entrepreneurs on balancing personal and business life. Aside from those three, she coaches personal clients on developing healthy habits and yoga practices. She loves every joy, opportunity, challenge and growth moment that comes along with being an entrepreneur and especiall...

When you open a bricks and mortar store, you're often forced to make a decision between a store with less foot traffic, but low rent, or the store with more foot traffic, and higher overheads. With each of these choices, comes a tradeoff. The lower rent means that you can invest more money into stock, advertising and staff and grow your business at a steady pace. The higher rent option puts you in...

"I'm a passionate professionally trained private chef and holistic nutritionist. Through private chef services, realistic nutrition coaching, meal planning and culinary education, I help people live a delicious life of MORE with less!" "My culinary approach focuses on delicious simplicity, letting the ingredients shine. Fresh flavours, bright flavours and a focus on seasonality. My nutritional app...

Every retailer would love to have more customers coming to their store, whether it's online, or, into their shopfront. As business owners, we spend a lot of time, and money, obsessing over the best ways to attract those customers. If you've hear people talking about sales funnels and customer lifecycles, and you're feeling a little out of your depth, today I'm going to break down exactly what they...

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