My wife doesn’t know this, but one day (when the kids are older), I think I’ll be back in the retail game. Being in so many stores, I get a chance to critique a lot of things from visual, salesmanship, leadership, and merchandise style and value. I’ve often found myself
If you are an avid reader of my blog – thank you for your loyalty – you’d know that my family went to Switzerland over the Thanksgiving break. Ever been to Switzerland? It’s ludicrously expensive for everything! We bought a pint of water for seven American dollars – Insane. When
I’ll spare you the run-up to how we wound up in Switzerland over the Thanksgiving holiday. Still, my family and I traded in a night of indigestion and a Black Friday hangover for a hop over the pond to do some skiing and see some friends that live in Basel.
Quick brag, my littlest offspring earned a spot on a highly competitive volleyball team over the summer. When she was offered the spot at the last minute, she was pressed for a commitment right away. The flood of emotions ran through her 14-year-old brain. She was over the moon excited
High Point Market. What do those three words mean to you? For a guy who has headed to the Triad for 18 years, I feel I have enough perspective marinating in my soul to the extent that I can accurately offer my take on it and how it got me
I must preface this blog with the fact that I just got off a red-eye flight, and I’m sitting in the United Airlines lounge in Newark at o’dark thirty in the morning waiting to head to High Point for pre-market, so please bear with me. Don’t let the fact that
Have you noticed that you now have to be good at three things? In our case at HFA, like every other business, we have had to create a hybrid business model. COVID world, we now have hybrid gatherings, or in the case of your business, you have a hybrid business
I was all set to tap out a blog post about something near and dear to my heart – good profits vs. bad profits. This topic is such a subjective one that it’s probably worthy of a complete book. Hey, there’s an idea. However, the other morning, I woke up
This Quick Click Solutions video from Dovr Media gives you five top tips that will help you sell more products through a strong digital marketing presence.
This Quick Click Solutions video from Tokio Marine, HCC reveals 5 steps to help engage with your customers through insured promotions.
I’ve noticed an interesting shift in meetings we’ve had with key staff in Cabinet departments like Commerce and Transportation or
In this Quick Click Solutions video by Laura Khory with Shoptelligence, Laura highlights the importance of engaging potential customers in
Geo-fencing and Geo-framing are both forms of digital advertising targeting customers based on their locations. Although both have similar names,
Onboarding your new team members isn’t as cut and dry as you may think. HFA’s Chief HR Strategist Tracy Jackson
Oh good, you’re still here. You survived the quarantine and figured out how to keep the business going and serve
Congress and the Trump administration are preparing another Covid-19 relief package. The Home Furnishings Association’s Washington representative, Chris Andresen, and government relations liaison Doug Clark
Everyone is trying to figure out what the “new normal” will look like when your stores reopen. What will recovery look like to you and
