by TheLivelyMerchant | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business, Marketing, Web Strategy
How to Prepare for a Global Pandemic (and beyond) Business owners spend countless hours preparing for every possible scenario. They hire and train people, select store sites, carefully choose products and set prices, and continually take the temperature of the market....
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication
Let me tell you, conflict is ugly and messy. I personally witnessed this last week because of a major breakdown in communication with a close family friend. The older I get, the more I come to hate conflict. But nonetheless, conflict is a part of life. There is truly...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Marketing
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...
by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
“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...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
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...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
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...
