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	<title>The Lively Merchant &#187; About Retail</title>
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		<title>Catalogs Increase Time on Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grey Suit Retail, our online marketing and web development company, provided this data to FURNITURE&#124;TODAY 

FURNITURE&#124;TODAY MARCH 7, 2011
Does your site include product catalogs or offer online sales? It should. Data from Grey Suit Retail shows that consumers spent, on average last year, 82% longer on sites that contain catalogs. And, e-commerce capabilities increased the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silence isn&#8217;t golden when your customer&#8217;s on the phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Customer Serivce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prosound]]></category>

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The door opens, and in walks the customer you were working with  last week…what was it they were looking at? Oh yes, the dining room  suite. And you were hoping they were going to add the sideboard as well.
(ring-ring) But right as they walk in, the phone rings. And you’re the only one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upholstery Sells the Most</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grey Suit Retail, our online marketing and web development company, provided this data to FURNITURE&#124;TODAY

 
FURNITURE&#124;TODAY FEBRUARY 7, 2011
This week’s e-Intent reveals the most-purchased products through online furniture retailers for the fourth quarter of 2010. Upholstered sofas and chairs, covered in fabric and leather, were bought the most during the three-month period.
According to the exclusive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lively Merchant Headlines in Vegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ante 4 Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generational transfer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Next Generation-NOW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Tournament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Catch The Lively Merchant in Vegas this week during the first Next Generation-NOW educational session at the Las Vegas Furniture Market on Tuesday, January 25 from 4:00 &#8211; 5:00 pm in the new Retailer Resource Center, WMC-C488/496.
In this session, David Lively will teach you how to work with four generations  around your conference table [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowed in? Here&#8217;s something to keep you occupied</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/generations/snowed-in-heres-something-to-keep-you-occupied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While part of the Lively Merchant team is snowbound in Ohio, another part is sitting on a beach in Florida (the only state in the Union without snow). What&#8217;s wrong with this picture?
Whether you&#8217;re running low on bread and beer after the South&#8217;s worst snow event in 15 years or you live south of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Key to Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

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“Success is peace of mind 
which is a direct result of  self-satisfaction 
in knowing you made the effort to become 
the best of  which you are capable.” 
John Wooden

What does the late John Wooden have to do with this generation’s retailer?  Absolutely nothing.  But consider Wooden’s legacy as both a basketball coach and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Ain&#8217;t a Fad, Pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/facebook-aint-a-fad-pt-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Retailer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHFA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This  article that was originally published in the June-July issue of Western Retailer magazine:
&#8230;continued from Part 1.  I shared with you five easy tips to begin successfully marketing your business on Facebook and non-traditional platforms.  Those were just the beginning steps.  The following five steps are the conclusion to this series and are intended to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Ain&#8217;t a Fad, Pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/facebook-aint-a-fad-pt-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was originally published in the June-July issue of Western Retailer magazine:
Social media has become the rage of marketing in the furniture business. Those who have taken a “wait and see” attitude will soon figure out this type of media is here to stay. At last count, Facebook had over 400,000,000 active users.  With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does The Furniture Business Have Anything In Common With The Bus Stop?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/does-the-furniture-business-have-anything-in-common-with-the-bus-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely (maybe never) in the several years we have maintained our  website and blog have I felt compelled to simply copy a story I read  somewhere else. Today is an exception.
I recently read a post from Seth Godin, who wrote:
Becoming  a bus company 
We all have a vision of the typical bus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing your Marketing Approach to Meet Consumer Demands</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/changing-your-marketing-approach-to-meet-consumer-demands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/changing-your-marketing-approach-to-meet-consumer-demands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The late John Wooden once said, “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”  Wooden’s words ring true with today’s consumerism trends.  Consider the American automobile industry.  It nearly tanked because it stood by the production of large gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs in the face of record-high oil prices.  Or think about third [...]]]></description>
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