all ready and FORUMS

all ready for the big sale....and hoping the customers are too!!! last year our feb sale was in the middle of a severe snow watch.... and it just ruined it....there is no way to really makeup for a disaster like that....

they can come later but its jut not the same....

im getting spam n my comments....they come in as anonymous and are for totally unrelated to anything im interested in...like trying to sell me electronics or marketing tools etc etc....i might have to put some kind of screening or reading the letters in...not sure...im getting about 2 a day...

if you signed up for the new retail store forum...THANK YOU... sorry its just for brick and mortar stores.... http://www.retailersshoptalk.com/

other forums i like are http://www.junkrevolution.com/

lots of good junk talk and some show dealers

its open to everybody..

and also for stores and all kinds of retail. . http://www.giftshopmag.com/ theres a good magazine on there too...

also im on giftbeat...they charge..but lots of good talk on there for stores mostly...

i love forums....they have been so valuable to me in going down the rocky road of retail during the last few years.... i really dont have faith in many experts....really now, do they even have stores? i dont think most do....the people i like to hear from and learn from are the ones down in the trenches like i am...facing this economy this month...

i know there is some good expert advice out there, but give me a good FORUM DISCUSSION ANY DAY...on a forum its easy for several conversations to go on at once ..

if you are a store please join us on this new one...the retailers shoptalk...link above...