Keeping up with the latest trends and educating yourself about your business are two of the most important things you can do as a retail store owner. There is a lot of information out there and it can be difficult to locate truly valuable information. Here we’ve identified 10 retail blogs that will help you to continue growing as a small business.
Medallion Retail
“Medallion Retail has been living and breathing retail for more than fifty years, and nothing excites us more than the opportunity to use our know–how to get your brand the attention—and market share—it deserves.”
Vend HQ
“Vend is the retail management software that’s taken retail to the cloud.”
Retail Geek
“This blog is about how we shop, what makes a great retail experience online or in-store, and how retailers occasionally fall short. It’s also about some of the cool technologies that get used in the art of shopper marketing, and occasionally about some of the great gadgets that are available for purchase when we do go shopping.”
Retail Prophet
“Doug Stephens is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists. His intellectual work and thinking have influenced many of the world’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands.”
Retail Insider
“Retailinsider.com is a free-to-subscribe blog/website that aims to adhere to its strap-line of ‘Taking a look behind the obvious on the high street, online and in the City’. It’s not just another news site but instead offers up a cocktail of opinions and insights on the retail industry along with the occasional leisure sector content to spice up the mix. These regular insights have recently been complemented by a range of carefully selected columnists, and regular slots such as Q&A’s with leading e-commerce & multi-channel retailers and the ‘Innovative Retailers’ series.”
Retail TouchPoints
“Retail TouchPoints delivers cutting edge content to retail executives designed to improve the customer experience in the new world of cross-channel retailing.”
The Retail Doctor
“The Retail Doctor is a retail consulting firm created by expert retail consultant and leading business mentor, Retail Expert Bob Phibbs. CEO of The Retail Doctor, Phibbs is an internationally recognized business strategist, customer service expert, sales coach, marketing mentor, author of three books, and motivational business speaker.”
Kizer and Bender’s Retail Adventures
“Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender are professional speakers, authors and consultants whose client list reads like a "Who's Who" in business. Companies internationally depend upon them for timely advice on consumers and the changing retail market place.”
FitSmallBusiness
“FitSmallBusiness is the leading digital resource for small businesses, providing the information they need to succeed. Small business owners have a passion for what they do and a drive to build a business around it. They also have limited amounts of time and money. With that in mind, we conduct extensive research including trying out products, talking to business owners and interviewing industry experts. The topics we research include marketing, sales, finance, accounting and human resources. Our buyer's guides, “how to” explainers and product reviews fill in the gaps on what business owners need to know.”
Shopkeep
“ShopKeep puts your cash register on an iPad. It’s intuitive and easy to use. We were founded by a merchant, so we know simple, powerful solutions beat complicated bells and whistles every time. With ShopKeep, you can accept any form of payment and you get essential features like automatic inventory tracking, employee management and real time sales reporting anytime, anyplace.”
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