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Five Retail Blogs Worth Reading
Looking for good information on retail on the Internet can be quite the time bandit. To help you out, I'm compiling a list of blogs and sites about retail that I think have worthwhile things to say about the industry (or business in general) and are worth reading regularly. Here are my first five blog recommendations :
1. Retail Prophet Blog - Retail Prophet president Doug Stephens writes a smart blog looking at how retail is evolving and how retailers can evolve with it. Check out his March 11, 2010 entry, "Retailing in the Absence of Recovery."
2. Fast Company's new Adventures in Retail Blog - This just launched blog on the Fast Company site is written by first-time retailer Craig Pelkey-Landes, who has just opened a camping/hiking/lifestyle store in southeastern Pennsylvania. Is it folly or will he find his fortune? He's going to let readers know how it's going each week.
3. Retail Design Diva Blog - This blog is presented by DDI (Design & Display Ideas) and GlobalShop, the largest in-store marketing and store design event in the world. The witty Design Diva is fun and informative, and covers myriad topics related to retailing.
4. Retail's Big Blog - This big blog site is produced by the Washington, DC-based National Retail Federation, which is the world's largest retail trade association. It offers blog entries in 18 categories including marketing, retail trends and sustainability. It's all retail, all the time.
5. Rick Segel's Blog - Rick Segel's been a speaker at the CGTA Gift Show more than once. A retailer for 25 years and the author of 12 books, he's a great source of insight and ideas.
I'll be adding more blogs (sites, videos, etc.) to my list in the coming months. Feel free to let me know about anyone on the web you feel is worth reading.
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Lori Smith is the editor of Gifts and Tablewares, Canada's premiere gifts and tablewares magazine. Written for retailers of gifts, tablewares, housewares, stationery and home furnishing accessories, its objective is to help readers increase their sales and run their businesses more profitably by providing information on new products, merchandising, small business management, customer service, consumer behavior and industry news. The magazine is published six times a year by BIG Magazines, LP, a leading Canadian information company.
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Dear Lori
I must admit I don’t take much time to read retail blogs.
I'm on twitter when I have time and posting to directories and forums as well. However I would love to see a few Canadian blogs, perhaps from Vancouver and Toronto that talk about Canadian retail business. I know that the USA is a leader in retail but I’m not sure following their lead is the best way to go. I believe Canadian business still today out performs the small business of the USA.
Don’t get me wrong we should look to them for insight but our economy is different and our small business owners have a better understanding of Canadian markets.
So all that said there must be a few good blogs that are online that represent the Canadian way of business.
I would read them
RT
Posted by Ron Thompson | May 4, 2010 1:17 PM
Posted on May 4, 2010 13:17
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the comment. I'll try to find some Canadian blogs and sites on retail for people to check out. In the meantime, look at the Retail Prophet blog. It's Canadian. Doug Stephens is based in Unionville, Ontario.
Cheers,
Lori
Posted by Lori | May 4, 2010 2:11 PM
Posted on May 4, 2010 14:11
I will be adding this to my list of bookmarks.
Posted by The Fashionable Man | May 6, 2010 7:46 AM
Posted on May 6, 2010 07:46