Monthly Archives: July 2009

2009 is proving to be one of those contrary years, especially in retail — a mix of stops and starts, alternating signs of recovery and stagnation, perplexing (if not outright maddening) metrics.  As we have said before, we have no crystal ball here at Shop.org – but the collective insight of retailers in our most [...]

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Of all of the Shop.org events, the Merchandising Workshop always has a special feel and a powerful energy.  Maybe because it takes place in southern California in July, or maybe it is due to the unique focus of the content, but for many members of the Shop.org community this is the event they look forward to throughout the year.   [...]

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There are a handful of online retailers who chart their own course, who tend to be more “followed” than “follower.” Etsy is one of them. The company first piqued my interest when I sat in on (and blogged about) a session at last year’s Shop.org Summit that evaluated the merchandising components of dozens of well-known [...]

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