Sabrina pointed something out to me the other day: we rarely shop online.
When I stop and think about it, that is kind of odd. I mean, I live online, but I don’t shop there? Sure, I spend lots of money online, but that is on digital stuff (music, software, services). It is very rare that [...]
There is a new Tshirt company called 200 Nipples. They sell short run, original design, numbered tshirts. For each design 100 shirts are available. After those 100 are sold the design is retired. The kicker is that the shirt #1 is sold for $1 incrementing in price until shirt #100 is sold for $100.
Assuming every [...]
should be open just after Christmas!!
429 N Thompson LaneMurfreesboro, TN
As you may or may not know, we are in the process of opening our second Plato’s Closet. This store is going to be in Murfreesboro, TN (one of the fastest growing communities in the area). When we first started thinking about business ownership we wanted to make sure that we were starting [...]
One thing I have learned from being a partner in a retail store is the importance of measuring performance. The “one true metric” for a small business owner is “how much money is in the bank”. Unfortunately, if you only watch that metric you don’t see problems until it is too late. You [...]
There is an article in today’s Tennessean about how the lines of local retail and e-commerce are getting further blurred. It is this neat retail ecosystem similar to the brackish water where a river meets the ocean.
The article talks about how the three local malls owned by CBL Properties (Cool Springs, Hickory Hollow, and [...]
So, last weekend there was a wedding. I have no idea who was getting married since I wasn’t there. I am pretty sure it was a beautiful couple and that they will be happy for a long time. I would even bet someone cried tears of joy.
Well, at the reception for this [...]
