What Your Customers Actually Remember — Weekly Retail Tidbits #258
A checkout line at Trader Joe’s taught me the one thing about your store no competitor can copy — the thing your customers actually remember.
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Give the Best of You — Weekly Retail Tidbits #255
Give the Best of You This weekend, the youngest of our three sons is getting married. Wedding weekends have a way of pulling those closest to us into one room. It’s had me reflecting on family this week, as my husband and I sew up the last details for the rehearsal dinner Friday night. I…
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Going Analog — Weekly Retail Tidbits #250
Tidbit #250. The country turns 250 on July 4. Both milestones are about staying with something. Plus three picks for the Fourth, a market prep checklist, and a tech tip on the two data sites quietly listing you.
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Ownership Compounds — Weekly Retail Tidbits #249
Five years of merchandising cards taught me what compounds when one person owns a section of the store. Plus: the full Tango lineup as of May 2026 — four new lines have joined since January.
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In a World Full of Algorithms, Be a Human — Weekly Retail Tidbits #244
What Shoptalk’s loudest conversation revealed about the four things humans bring to retail that no algorithm will ever replicate — and why independent retailers already have all four.
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Comfort That Freaks You Out a Little: Connections, Memory, and Finding Your Bottleneck — Weekly Retail Tidbits #242
I walked into a KY shop and discovered we already knew each other. Connections matter — even with your AI tools. Plus: the Theory of Constraints challenge that will reveal your store’s hidden bottlenecks in 30 days.