Retail sales rose by 0.8 percent in November after a 1.7 percent gain in October, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Those numbers include Thanksgiving weekend shopping sales, which were up from last year.
“There’s …
In order to retain a competitive edge in the marketplace, commercial real estate brokers rely on obtaining precise data about the office, retail and industrial properties they hope to lease or sell.
Xceligent Inc., a …
Slate.com published an article by James Ledbetter titled “Death of a Salesman. Of Lots of Them, Actually. The troubling disappearance of salesmen and how it helps explain America’s economic woes.”
Ledbetter claims that thousands of …
Our friends at trendwatching.com track, watch and anticipate trends that will affect us as consumers, as business leaders and owners, and certainly as marketing professionals.
They just released their top 11 consumer trends for 2011. …
Don’t let the holiday retail numbers fool you.
Local economic experts warn that despite the National Retail Federation’s forecast of a 2.3 percent sales increase this holiday season, the numbers might not indicate what everybody …
Two Minnesota fundraising groups must change their Iowa fundraising practices, under a formal agreement reached with Attorney General Tom Miller. The organizations, Public Safety Council, LLP and Community Safety LLC, both based in Minneapolis, their …
Online sales have grown in all time frames so far this holiday season.
Helped by a $1 billion sales day on Cyber Monday, a 16 percent increase from last year, the sales numbers for the …
”Jeffrey, teach me about negotiations!”
Why?
“Well, because my prospects always want to negotiate the deal.”
No, they want to negotiate your price.
“Well, yes.”
REALITY: People who want to negotiate your price are in …
Five hundred million people have flocked to Facebook. Many businesses are jumping on the Facebook Brand Business page and shifting content from their own websites to the social media giant.
At the same time, they …
Online discount-finder LivingSocial launched today in Des Moines.
LivingSocial is a service that allows customers to receive e-mails detailing discounts at local businesses, and gives incentives for users to share the deals with others.
Des …
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