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Retailing Winners: Deep Discounters and Used Re-Sellers
We should have seen this one coming. While most of retailing struggles, there are those who are doing just fine, thank you. I noted a recent cnbc.com report that told the story of Family Dollar Stor… more →
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Retailing Winners: Deep Discounters and Used Re-Sellers
David Dirks wrote 10 months ago: We should have seen this one coming. While most of retailing struggles, there are those who are doi … more →
Retailer Strategies: Beating the Big Boxes
David Dirks wrote 12 months ago: A regular reader of our blog, a marketing director of a two-store retail operation, recently sent me … more →
Driving Retail Sales: Layaway Plans
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David Dirks wrote 1 year ago: It seems like a hundred years ago but there was a time when credit cards were not the ‘cash … more →
Driving Retail Sales: Groo's Shoes
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David Dirks wrote 1 year ago: If you read this blog long enough, you’ll get the hint that creating a growing and profitable … more →
Locating Your Retail Store
David Dirks wrote 1 year ago: How many times have you passed a retail store location that seems to be a revolving door for busines … more →
Increasing Deli Foot Traffic in a Declining Market
David Dirks wrote 1 year ago: In the building I work in, there is a nice little deli that serves breakfast and lunch. While they … more →
Using Trial Offers to Combat Slower Sales
David Dirks wrote 1 year ago: I’m starting to hear the budget wheels moving…only to tighten. You don’t have to l … more →
Building a Compelling Business
David Dirks wrote 1 year ago: It doesn’t matter what kind of business you have, people need a compelling reason to do busine … more →
Relationship Marketing: Skate Boarding Shop
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David Dirks wrote 2 years ago: Good grief. I was at my local ski shop the other day, picking up our ski rentals for the season. R … more →
Increasing store traffic and sales per square foot
David Dirks wrote 2 years ago: One way to increase store traffic, regardless of how small or large your square footage, is to creat … more →
Driving Traffic to Create More Sales
David Dirks wrote 2 years ago: I recently received a letter in the mail from our local Fashion Bug store. It was a simple, no-nonse … more →
Beating Late Summer Sales Blues
David Dirks wrote 2 years ago: My local paper took a poll of business owners in the area recently. Their question was: Is your busi … more →
The Power of Yelp
David Dirks wrote 2 years ago: Probably the greatest trend and potential friend for small business are the web-based social network … more →
You & Co-Creation
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David Dirks wrote 2 years ago: “What can I do to increase my sales, grow my profitability, create more foot traffic or inquiries, a … more →
