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		<title>What to do when sales are slow?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Richard,

Thanks for taking]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Richard,

Thanks for taking the time to offer your point of view.&nbsp; 

Yes retail biz, is generally through site traffic...we get terrific
response by way of print advertising in upscale mags, such as Bark,
Modern Dog and the li]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kim,
Thanks for the stat on the]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Kim,
Thanks for the stat on the breakdown. I`m assuming the retail is mostly online sales and not sure how you are driving people to your site but this sh]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Richard,

The business is brea]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Richard,

The business is breaks down 70/30 in favor of wholesale...

I was looking over the sales for the entire year...and it seems that the 2nd week of every month shows a slow period.

I agree with I&amp;I, in that I shoul]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Lets think of the responsibiliti]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Lets think of the responsibilities of a sales person (which we all are to some extent).
I do not have the specific percentages for each, but successful salespeople are supposed to spend a given amount of time in the &nbsp;following areas. 
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kim - what is the breakdown of y]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Kim - what is the breakdown of your business - consumer versus wholesale?
I`m not sure if you are speaking of a slow down in online consumer sales or is y]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks guys, I really appreciate]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks guys, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Actually, we do very well in seaside towns, sales were pretty brisk in
the spring and summer months last year....it is t]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Kim, have you got a mailing list]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Kim, have you got a mailing list or some other loyalty/retention mechanism for keeping in touch with your customers?&nbsp; If you hit a seasonal lull where people are not actively coming to your site, why not push content down to them?&nbsp; Naturally you`[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[In the on-line pet business, Apr]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[In the on-line pet business, April and May are the worst!&nbsp; It`s Spring!. People are outside with their dogs. You may not see an upturn until August when it starts to get too hot outside.&nbsp;
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks
Ken...it`s been about a ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks
Ken...it`s been about a week....but I`ve reviewed our sales throughout
the year and it seems that every single month there is this lull in the
middle of the month, right before]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[When you say "couple of days" do]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[When you say "couple of days" do you mean an actual 2-3 days or are you using that as a more general term? If you only mean 2-3 days, well, I would not panic.&nbsp; Just like any business there are probably cycles to high traffic and low traffic. You of co[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 8:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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