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It’s almost Thanksgiving, and that means we are getting ready for the upcoming holidays.
Things will get hectic with year-end deadlines, sales and meetings… not to mention all of the activities you have planned with family and friends.
But while all of this is going on, don’t forget this little word that can mean a lot to [...]

Have you ever heard the quote, “If it weren’t for people, business would be easy?” Running a successful business is all about dealing with different personalities to accomplish specific goals. And this is often much easier said than done.
Well, instead of increasing your blood pressure and letting these people get to you, here are a [...]

After returning from Bentonville last week, I realized what I had just done was the most exciting thing an inventor/entrepreneur could ever do. Walk the hallways of the buying office at the headquarters of Wal-Mart….
The blue and gray walls signify America, and the American dream of most product developers; to place their products into the [...]

Want to start your specialty product business this year? Then you MUST attend the (SPREE) Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference. Be part of the world’s largest event for the $12 billion specialty retail industry!
No matter if you are a retailer, or prospective entrepreneur looking for the newest concepts, or interested in starting  or [...]

Are your eyes much bigger than your wallet, or your ability to focus and execute effective marketing in 2010?
Has your New Year’s Resolutions come and gone already? How can you ensure you’re not biting off more than you can chew with your aspirations and actions?�
 Here are four tips that you can apply to a fresh, [...]

As a retail product expert, and working with the industry leaders in the field of placing products on retailer’s shelves (or on TV), I am honored to be partnering up with one of those industries experts - Jim DeBetta.
Jim and I have decided to join forces to help budding entrepreneurs get the education and connections necessary for [...]

EVERYONE! Please go do some shopping…..
There is a bit of good news about shopping habits, amongst all the terrible news being reported about this horrific economy.
Consumers are longing to go shopping, and retailers want to re-stock their shelves. However, both are afraid to “Just Do It”; make the first recovery move…..
The fear of overstocking store [...]

Every time I tell people what I do as a Product Agent, and then start describing that I search for products for QVC, TV and retail product placement, inevitably 90% say, “Oh, I have a product idea, I just do not know what to do with it.” It never fails, ever.
Then I start telling them a [...]

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 The fastest ways to bring your product to market is to get it on QVC!
 The best, and fastest, way to do that is hire a QVC agent!
What is a QVC Agent?
A QVC Agent is an independent person, or group, that can get your product or new invention in front of a QVC buyer. [...]

Is that bull’s-eye logo going bye-bye to survive the Wal-Mart effect? What does Wal-Mart know that may save business everywhere?
Is it true- is Target steering away from their famous Bullseye logo? Since March of 2009, they have been pulling it to implement an ARROW; that is being targeted right to “Real MOMs” and how they are [...]