Windward Insider Blog

In 2002 Retailing Today identified "The 12 hot issues facing mass retailing" See http://bit.ly/p0R4Q1

Retail Therapy [ree-teyl ther-uh-pee}

1. shopping as an outlet for frustration and to relieve stress
2. rebounding from sales depression

While retailers may wish more people spend their way out of depression, it's not a healthy sales model to forecast sales, buying and profits. What can you do? Here are four world view suggestions.

• Turn info into insight - if you are...

I've had a soft spot in my heart for the Winnipeg band "The Guess Who" ever since I met them. That was years ago though, I was a Cub Scout on a tour of CBC studios and there 'they' were - dressed in hockey jerseys if I recall correctly. That would have been mid to late 60′s - Expo year perhaps? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ax3KVuYMHw