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Comment by Lindy Asimus on February 24, 2009 at 9:38pm

Grocers closing stores, cutting pay and jobs : Clobbered by the poor economy, Southern California Article here

Comment by Lizzette Lansang on January 29, 2009 at 12:50pm

Hello Retailers! I'm looking for small boutiques that's interested in carrying my Personalized BagTags. Perhaps, we can work together. My bagtags are unique, creative and durable. They can be attached to anything you carry and for any age group. Please feel free to visit my website: www.bagtagsusa.com

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Cheers, Lizzette

Comment by Sandra Kay Whitlock on January 19, 2009 at 9:08am

Ok,Where is everyone ? I'm so alone but strong. Hello? It's dark in here,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Comment by Lindy Asimus on October 14, 2008 at 12:25am

Have you invited your retail network members to join this group? Please let them know about this group, so we can get to help more people in retail.

Definitely a good time to sharpen our pencils and get creative!

Comment by Lindy Asimus on August 28, 2008 at 1:45am

Here's an interesting quote:


Why for so many retailers that file under Chapter 11 FAIL TO SEE WHAT NEEDS FIXING...?

"I have found that retailers often give lip service to what they find and know about their business, but are so ingrained with the merchant philosophy that elements outside of directly moving a product off the shelf are secondary. My experience indicates that there is only one retailer in the U.S. that sees their business as a complete system of moving goods to the consumer at an efficient cost: Walmart."

I'd have to say that is my experience. Many small business owners, and particularly retailers, tend to focus on the areas of their business that they know the best - and ignore the other areas that are not so much understood. Those very areas that left inadequately resourced and attended to, can lead to very bad results.



Read article here ( will require joining the site probably. Not a bad idea)

Comment by Lindy Asimus on August 19, 2008 at 1:27pm

That's a great observation Janet - these things DO find their way into the searches, and that's a great bonus! Now if we can just increase the members by a little each, and increase the participation by a little from each... BINGO!

Comment by Janet Rothstein on August 6, 2008 at 7:14pm

Yes, in this difficult economy, I've been working on spreading our company's name & services offered (Jewelry repair, special orders, appraisals, & ear piercing) everywhere. It's better to be a bigger fish in a little pond than a little fish lost in the sea of regular jewelers. It takes a lot of work, but we do get calls from the local searches, including results from MC, Google, & Yahoo local. We always ask our customers to write a review - it helps. That Cartier article was interesting - I'm not sure how to do a MySpace Page, or if it's appropriate...?

Comment by Am Fil on August 4, 2008 at 9:53am

Hi all,
Retailing is a challenging business to be in during this time. Florists, like myself, especially find ourselves fighting for customers with internet middlemen we generally call order gatherers, or OGs in short. These OGs represent themselves as local florists and are usually ranked higher in local listings than the local florists. Our other competitors are the grocery stores, so we have a fewer walk-ins than ever before. I find that getting involved in MC gets my site ranking higher, thanks for having team circle available for better networking and connecting with others.

Comment by Lindy Asimus on August 3, 2008 at 12:04pm

I'm sure you'll have a lot of helpful posts to make on that. Tips to the board are a great way for everyone to share - and save having to do them over and over again 'one-off'.

Comment by Techwarrior Network and Computer Services on August 2, 2008 at 1:44am

In relation to the post about spreading your business across the internet it take some work, some very tedious SEO and adding yourself to everything you can think of. if i google myself i get over 300 results but that took alot of time and work if you would like tips and suggestions on how to do that feel free to email call or chat

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