by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
You need to understand the importance of tracking the number of opportunities you have to serve Ms. Jones. This number is indicative of the health of so many of the things successful retailers are doing each day. It is also a number that can be gathered and acted upon...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
From the 1998 Matt Damon and Ed Norton movie “Rounders,” about the underground poker world of Boston, we can take to heart one of the best business quotes of all time: “A lion survives by being a lion and a mouse by being a mouse.” It seems...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business
David has a great presentation called “Manage Your Media Mess” that helps you get the most bang for your media buck. He was taught by one of the masters, best-selling author Roy H. Williams of the Wizard Academy. Click here to read some straight dope from...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Products
Store owners and general merchandise managers know that good inventory management is essential to producing profits. You also know that bad inventory management can cause failure and limit profit. Soaring Inventory Strangles! Source: Outdated non-salable discontinued...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
If we simply stay focused on bad news we will continue a self filling decline into the retail abyss. Yes business conditions are difficult. Possibly as difficult as they have been in the last ½ century, but retail furniture remains a numbers business. Is your...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
Poll Results Does your business have an Operations Manual that’s actually in use? No – 75% Yes – 18% Not Sure – 5% The old adage; “you can’t manage what you can’t track” sure comes to mind here. Write my personal...