Glazed Over is the newest offering from the Contemporary Ceramic Studio Association. Own a ceramic studio and want to amplify your reach? Thinking of opening a contemporary ceramic art space but don’t know where to start? The CCSA has gathered experts, trade secrets, suppliers and more for your business to flourish, whether you’re a veteran studio owner or just joining the ranks. Listen in and subscribe for episode alerts so you don’t miss a beat.
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The Business of Retail
Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
Canadian discussions - a global retail perspective. As the world entered lockdown in March 2020, a small, diverse group of Canadian thought leaders gathered virtually to speculate, collaborate and share their insights on the waves of disruption facing retailers. "The Business of Retail” podcast emerged as an unflinching strategic alternative to the conventional discourse. Listen or watch as root causes are revealed and new paths forward for the wider retail ecosystem are explored.
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Self Care, Boundaries, and Mindset for Entrepreneurs with Jenn Meyer
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Join us for a chat with long time entrepreneur and life coach, Jenn Meyer, where we discuss the importance of taking care of our mental health as small business owners. Jenn discusses burnout, self care, and how crucial a positive mindset is when it comes to running a business. Jenn walks us through boundary setting and learning to communicate thes…
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Getting Real With Best Practices for Firing Employees with Jessica Cowan
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Welcome to "Firing Line: Navigating Uncomfortable Exits," the podcast that tackles the tough topic of letting people go. We get into the nitty-gritty of firing employees, sharing real stories, practical tips, and expert advice. Whether you're a manager or in HR, we'll help you handle these difficult conversations with care and confidence. Tune in f…
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Event Planning with Maegan Supple
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Join us as we explore the best strategies for creating unforgettable experiences, tackling unexpected challenges, and making your studio events the talk of the town. It's time to start brainstorming your fall and winter events! Tune in and get ready to elevate your event planning game at your art studio!…
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Direct Texting for Studios with Simple Texting
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Join us as Aylin from SimpleTexting shares valuable insights on effectively delivering business updates directly to your customers' phones. Discover the best strategies for using text messaging in advertising and learn how SimpleTexting can simplify this process for you. SimpleTexting SimpleTexting Youtube Channel 5 hidden features in ST 3 levers o…
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RE-RELEASE Crista Toler from Mayco
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While we're on a break, we thought we would re-release a favorite episode; Crista Toler from Mayco chatting about Mayco products, the best use for broccoli, and puppy birthday parties. Join the fun at CCSAOnline.com.Door CCSA
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Design Class with Gare’s Robert Sharpe
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Get to know Gare's in-house sculptor, Robert Sharpe and learn about his ceramics journey from the stable to the table! Robert talks about inspirations, process, and his international journey that landed him at Gare in Massachusetts. To learn more about Gare Ceramics and to see Robert's incredible art, check out Gare.com. Learn more about the CCSA a…
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Hot Topics with Your Mods: Planning a Stellar Retreat
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Ammie and Christine talk about Art Retreats, ghost children, and 2000s emo pop punk. It's a can't miss Hot Topics Episode, chock full of 'Rizz, no cap. Get more information about joining the CCSA at CCSAOnline.com.Door CCSA
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Nell Cisar Wertz: The Power of Stickers
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Nell Cisar Wertz, the owner of All Fired Up Akron and For Art Sake Stickers, talks about her art journey, diversifying her portfolio, and her integrated design business offering not only stickers, but logo design and more. Check her out at ForArtSakeStickers.com, or order her wares on Faire. You can also meet Nell at the upcoming CCSA Convention in…
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Michele Muzones gives us the scoop on Art Rave
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Michele Muzones joins the mods to help take your customers from " I can't paint that" to "I can't wait to paint that!" With Art Rave's elevated design styles and innovative subscription plan, you can plan your classes on canvas, ceramics and more. Learn more at ArtRaveStudios.com. To learn more about the CCSA, check out CCSAOnline.com.…
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Being Authentically You With Kathy Cano-Murillo
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Join us for a chat with Kathy Cano-Murillo, THE Crafty Chica. Learn about what drew her to PYOP, what it's like living life as a hyper-creative, and why being authentically you sets your business apart. Follow her at @craftychica on all platforms or at craftychica.com. Learn more about the CCSA at CCSAONline.com…
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Jamie McCabe Talks Summer Camps
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We pick Jamie's brain about her stellar summer camp business at her studio, Clay Cafe. Check her out at ClayCafeAvalon.ca. In this episode, we mention a CCSA supplier, Occasion, an online booking platform. See if they're right for your business at Occasion.app. Learn more about the CCSA at CCSAOnline.com…
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Being Authentically you with Kathy Cano-Murillo
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Join us for a chat with Kathy Cano-Murillo, THE Crafty Chica. Learn about why she loves PYOP, what it's like living life as a hyper-creative, and why being authentically you sets your business apart. Follow her @craftychica on all platforms or at craftychica.com . To learn more about the CCSA, go to CCSAOnline.com…
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Bre Hamberger talks Stoneware
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Bre Hamberger from Chesapeake Ceramics joins the mods to discuss Stoneware, Pink!, and fun things at Chesapeake. Learn more at ChesapeakeCeramics.com. Learn more about the CCSA at CCCSAonline.comDoor CCSA
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Ammie Williams Mayco Pottery Camp Recap
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Ammie tells us all about her favorite parts of Mayco's most recent pottery camp! View Mayco's products and tutorials at Maycocolors.com. Check out Ammie's bisque line at Bisqueimports.com, search Ammie Y'all. Join the CCSA at CCSAonline.comDoor CCSA
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Glazed Over With Ammie and Christine: The CCSA Convention Episode
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Hang out with us this week as we discuss why you should come to the convention, what you might see, and our ideas for improving the convention! See more about convention and consider joining us in St Charles this year at CCSAonline.com.Door CCSA
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Glazed Over With Olivia from Bold August Designs
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Join Ammie as she chats with Olivia August about the importance of branding, smart design choices, and, of course, Taylor Swift. Taylor, if you're reading this, just know how much Christmas Tree Farm inspires us. ✨️Follow Olivia on Insta @bold.august.design, or check out her website at BoldAugust.com . Learn more about the CCSA at CCSAonline.com…
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Glazed Over: Meet the CCSA Staff
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In this episode of Glazed Over, Christine interviews Dena Pearlman, Brittney Ackley, and Taylor Barrow of the CCSA to learn a little about them and the CCSA. check out more at CCSAonline.comDoor CCSA
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Glazed Over With Lisa Feltz from Bisque Imports: My Pottery Place
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This week, we welcome Lisa Feltz, Bisque Imports' Marketing and Sales Director about My Pottery Place, Girl Scouts of America and more! Learn how Bisque Imports is investing in the PYOP world. To learn more as a studio, check out Bisqueimports.com/perks. To learn more as an artist, check out mypotteryplace.com.…
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Glazed Over: Mayco’s Crista Toler
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We glaze over Crista's newest article in the CCSA Magazine, Techniques to Try in 2024. check it out at ccsaonline.com. Learn more about the products we cover at MaycoColors.comDoor CCSA
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Glazed Over with Guest Expert Julia Mcnair
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Get Glazed Over with Julia McNair as we discuss her take on Unreasonable Hospitality. The following are affiliate links for the products we mention. Join the CCSA at CCSAonline.comHustle Butter: https://amzn.to/3tNDe5YUnreasonable Hospitality by Wil Guidara https://amzn.to/40hSlkiYou are a bad ass by Jen Sincero- https://amzn.to/40fxbU7…
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Glazed Over: Christine Steele
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We're continuing with PodMod intros! This week, meet Christine Steele.Door CCSA
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Glazed Over: Ammie Williams
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This week, we're meeting our PodMods starting with Ammie Williams.Door CCSA
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This is a preview of the CCSA'S upcoming podcast, Glazed Over, where we discuss business, pottery, life, and how we balance it all. Join your Pod Mods for Season 1, Ammie Williams and Christine Steele, as we dive in!Door CCSA
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While the Pandemic Triage is well in the rearview of retail executives, we have been hearing of the need for sharing and discussion around more deep challenges facing the sector. New in 2023, TBOR is tackling the next round of complexities. Here is our first - Re-Innovating Retail. As the retail industry transitions through a high-speed technologic…
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Retail Careers in Flux in 2022
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Arguably the top buzzword of 2021 is “The Great Resignation”. Catchy as it sounds, it's an incomplete story. Many are leaving, but others are staying and new will come - for the right opportunities. A recent Fast Company piece suggests it is actually “The Great Reprioritization”. It focused on the worker perspective, but reprioritizing and redesign…
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"Shop Local" - What Does It Really Mean?
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This time of year in particular brings urgent calls to "Shop Local". Individually and collectively, the TBOR Crew has been a vocal supporter of independent retail and foodservice from the earliest days of the pandemic. Yet, as we dove into Ep. 30, we soon realized these two words can mean different things to different people. Is it about buying 'lo…
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Hard Truths in a Retail Staffing Crisis
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Some fire showed in this 24 min episode. All agree that the retail front of house staffing model for stores is broken. There are quick patches for Holiday 2021, but the underlying issues are not going away. The question is whether the industry can disrupt itself to find the answer. The ongoing campaign against a higher minimum wage suggests it won'…
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Working Through The Supply Chain Disruption - In-store
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Another shorter segment (22.35 min). The Supply Chain issue has many facets. This episode focuses on what can be done at the store level in face of stock unpredictability and shortfalls. Independents might be hard hit with supply, yet have a real edge here to pivot and reset product experiences. The challenges are exponential for chains. The crew d…
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As we head into the last quarter of 2021, the crew looks to the retail CEO's path to 2022. Each of us brought our top one or two priorities to the discussion. What must be tackled now, while continuing to solidify foundations for 2023 and beyond. This was a fast moving discussion. Listen as we scan the landscape to establish in real time our curate…
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Are #retailers' #supplychains ready for the next Black Swan moment(s)? Listen here for our preview of Episode 26.Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Wake Up And Smell The Supply Chain
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We know Amazon has been buying planes while chip shortages are creating shortages in car rental fleets. Gary notes that 2020/21 backlogs might take a year to catch up given current global capacities. If corona-virus protocols wax and wane through 2023 or beyond, supply chain vulnerability will continue to be the biggest wild card for retailers and …
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Exploring The Challenge Of 50% Retail Sales Online by 2025
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We have heard much about ado about how we have “gained 5 years in 5 weeks”, evolving rapidly through the pandemic. There are pundits claiming soon 50% of retail will flow online. At #thebusinessofretail we love an intriguing hypothesis to test. We take this one head on.Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Gary had come across a push-piece calling for #ecommerce to comprise half of all retail transactions by 2025. "No way!" we thought. Yet, we dissected it to contemplate implications and conditions for this to occur. Here is a sample from Ep 25, which will launch in full in one week..Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Grocer Power Plays Send Ripples (w/ Sylvain Charlebois)
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Imagine drive-through meals at every Loblaw's supermarket, with President's Choice on the menu board?. Or retailers taking over the better meal prep kit plays. Will grocers unleash their vision of the future? Or will they just test the waters? Will A.I. be cleaning up in aisle four? If so, will it be about customers, or on cutting costs (and people…
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Canada's Food Professor is back! Dr. Sylvain Charlebois covered Foodservices a few months ago and returns to reveal the big shifts happening in our large grocers that are sending ripples through our Food Retail sector. Here is a sneak peak and a 'tip of the cap' to Sobey's CEO, Michael Medline.Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Sales & Service - The Lost Art of Retail
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There ha s been much trumpeting of "customer experience" over the past decade. However, the experiential foundations of the past 100 years are still these: sales and service. Have we forgotten what exceptional sales and service entails? Have productivity efforts gone too far? This is different than having shiny interactive displays in store... this…
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Our resident CEO George Minakakis, MBA pushed the crew to revisit a bedrock fundamental of retailing that has been eroding for years: the art of exceptional sales and service. Listen here to a 4 min sneak peak... and subscribe in order to catch the full episode when it drops July 13.Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Scaling Innovative Food Brands (w/ Arlene Dickinson)
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In Episode 22 we are joined by Arlene Dickinson - Canadian business leader, investor, author and television personality. General partner of District Ventures Capital and CEO of Venture Communications, she recently launched the Venturepark ecosystem of supports to assist Canadian #food and #wellness #cpg brands. This one will be of broad business in…
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As we continue this June to explore the opportunities and challenges for new brands to scale, we are delighted to discuss the issues in a food context with one of Canada's most respected business people, resident Dragon on CBC and all-around supporter of ventures: Arlene Dickinson. She joined on the heels of launching Venturepark - what might be th…
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This is a sneak peak at Episode 21. If you like it, please download the full discussion.Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Implementing "Purpose", With Purpose (w/ David Labistour)
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“Purpose” in business is a daily topic in our newsfeeds. We expect much as shoppers, but are our values and commitments to do right by society and the environment in the way of our desire for what's new in fashion, technology - and the economic means to acquire them? While consumers continue to buy cheap and made-to-fail products, CEOs are under in…
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The Challenges of Scaling Young Lifestyle Brands (w/ Christine Day)
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We have been seeing a surge in new fashion and lifestyle brands even as the bigger players in this subsector seem to struggle. Yet making it through to profitable scale remains elusive for many. The TBOR team are joined by Canadian retail executive Christine Day to explore why this is occurring and to discuss the challenges and common pitfalls foun…
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How Will Hard-hit Foodservice Come Back? (w/ Sylvain Charlebois)
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This time we are unpacking the tumult that has swept through the foodservice sector in Canada. Our dine-in restaurants and bars have borne the brunt of the pandemic, while some formats have thrived. Lots of losses here have been gains for grocery. But what next? The TBOR team is joined by guest Dr. Sylvain Charlebois. Sylvain a Canadian researcher …
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The Great Digital Divide - Are Spending Levels Sustainable?
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There is an escalating war of engagement by brands in an overcrowded and noisy consumer marketplace. We can’t compete without digital and we can’t afford to get it wrong. But beyond the hype, are current levels of spend sustainable? Why are so many overemphasizing acquisition over retention?Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Waking Up From The Big Sleep
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George and Gary wanted to get real about what might happen to the retail sector whenever we get to a point of full return, no restrictions - and what might be a very serious concern that dampens the mood of at least some the sector. On a lighter note, David wondered why the heck we are calling a potential spending surge "revenge spending" ?!?! "Wak…
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Retail Real Estate Transformation - Part 2: The Future (w/ Claude Sirois)
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The TBOR team invited guest Claude Sirois, the forward-thinking former President of Retail at Canadian Shopping Centre giant Ivanhoe Cambridge, to a two-part discussion. Part 2 takes a look at what the future of “physical” for retailers, developers, and landlords might look like, including tremendous opportunities to collaborate on innovation in re…
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Retail Real Estate Transformation - Part 1: Trends through COVID (w/ Claude Sirois)
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The TBOR team invited guest Claude Sirois, the forward-thinking former President of Retail at Canadian Shopping Centre giant Ivanhoe Cambridge, to a two-part discussion. Part 1 reviews the deep, persistent shifts in the real estate landscape the past few years and the jarring impacts on landlords and tenants triggered by Covid responses. Part 2 in …
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Retail's Data Literacy Challenge (w/ Bryan Pearson)
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Perhaps this should be titled The High Cost of Data Illiteracy in Retail. In fairness, retail is very literate about a narrow range of data: skus and sales. But how many retail leaders have a vision and roadmap behind statements such as "we are a data driven business" or have applied critical thinking to scope out a range of data needs, over time, …
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Culture Change is at the Heart of Retail's Next Steps (w/ Lale Kesebi)
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Lale Kesebi joins the discussion from Hong Kong. Lale is an ex c-suite executive of global distribution giant Li & Fung and has built upon her sterling track record of transformations in her counsel to CEOs in her Human At Work advisory. We delve into the need for substantive change in retail cultures to enable successful transitions for legacy ret…
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Why Independent Retail Matters
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As we gather stories of the plight of iconic independent stores and restaurants closing for good under pandemic guidelines, we discuss the bigger ripple effects beginning with streetfronts and local communities. Can the damage still be mitigated in 2021?Door Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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