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Old Fashioned Manners
Jan Davis, Advisor, Market Vue Partners Wine merchant Gary Vaynerchuk says, "At its core, social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners . . . Only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very...
Darwin and the Franchise Group
Janet M. Kennedy, Director Market Development, Market Vue Partners Charles Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" is well known and often used as a rationalization for the success or failure of a business venture. But what happens in retail if the...
“This House is Clean”
Janet M. Kennedy, Director Market Development, Market Vue Partners Do you recall the famous line delivered by diminutive actress Zelda Rubenstein as Tangina the spiritualist in "Poltergeist"? After tumultuous and life threatening events she declared "this...
Back to the Future…Again?
David Stirling, President, Market Vue Partners A generation ago, marketing pundits declared the advent of CRM and database marketing were technology's answer to "how to bring back the personal service of the local, corner store." Today's rapid introduction of...
Performance Vs Potential
Jan Davis, Advisor, Market Vue Partners Performance Vs Potential - Are my top performers my top performers? How are your stores doing so far this year? Same store sales up or down? How do you measure and reward your far-flung teams? And how do you know whether they...
Can you automate being human?
Janet M. Kennedy, Director Market Development, Market Vue Partners You are in social media, whether you know it or not. As a "private" citizen any personal data that is public domain can be searched and sold. I have friends new to social media who are amazed at the...
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