retail Archives

Building Trust: Reputation Management for Retail Startups

Customer trust is your startup's most valuable asset. It sets the foundation for long-lasting business relationships, fosters brand loyalty and drives growth. When people trust your business, they are more likely to buy from you...

byDevin Partida

January 30, 2024

How Barcodes Show Your Product is Retail Ready

In the age of the smartphone, consumers carry a computer and virtual shopping cart in their pockets at all times. Never before has there been such an opportunity for retailers to connect artisans, specialty foods...

byMichelle Covey

January 23, 2022

Entrepreneurs Share Tips for Overcoming E-Commerce Product Launch Obstacles

With consumers spending more than ever online, it’s no wonder why so many entrepreneurs are joining e-commerce marketplaces in droves. Consumers around the world spent $900 billion at online retailers in 2020, according to report...

byMichelle Covey

December 29, 2021

StartupNation’s HomeGrown Video Series Debuts with Modern Natural Baby

StartupNation's new video series, HomeGrown, will explore the small businesses that are at the heart of our communities and will look at the successes and challenges business owners have pushed through to get where they...

byRochelle Adkinson

July 14, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: National Retail Federation Predicts Strong 2021 (Episode 221)

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares exciting news from the National Retail Federation (NRF): retail sales are beginning to rebound, and the NRF predicts a strong acceleration of the U.S. economy in 2021....

byStartupNation

May 10, 2021

5 Essential Steps for Launching a Successful Online Business in 2021

The pandemic has made life difficult in innumerable ways, but it has also presented business opportunities to savvy entrepreneurs. Company closures left spaces for startups to fill, and the unprecedented environment prompted the creation and...

byNick Chasinov

February 9, 2021

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Blake’s Hard Cider is a Winning Formula (Episode 163)

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares the story of a visionary entrepreneur in our region, Andrew Blake. Blake, a third-generation entrepreneur, came up with an idea to expand his family business by creating...

byStartupNation

January 19, 2021

What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About the Future of the Retail Industry

Prior to the soaring demand for household goods, reduced workforces, store closures and other challenges faced by businesses around the globe today, brands and retailers were backed by a thriving economy. The spread of coronavirus...

byCarrie Wilkie

May 3, 2020

11 Ways Retailers Can Combat Coronavirus Fears

Rita Mitchell, Certified Counselor at the USM Small Business Development Center’s College of Business and Economic Development, compiled a great list of 11 ways retailers can combat coronavirus fears, the closures, and the financial decline...

byNav

March 18, 2020

Starting a Business in Outer Space (and Other Places to Pop-Up) [Radio]

On this episode of StartupNation Radio, your host, StartupNation founder and CEO, Jeff Sloan, is joined by two co-hosts, Norm Pappas and Mark Bennett. Together, they chat with two entrepreneurs making their startup dreams come...

byStartupNation

May 12, 2018

Starting Up With Flexible Retail: Pop-Up Entrepreneurship [Radio]

This week's edition of StartupNation Radio features three pop-up shop connoisseurs, who offer the inside scoop to entrepreneurs looking to start small. Your host, StartupNation CEO and co-founder, Jeff Sloan, kicks off the conversation with...

byStartupNation

April 28, 2018

5 Ways That a Kickstarter Campaign Can Launch You Into Retail

Seven months. That's how long it took from the day our Kickstarter campaign ended until we were delivering a purchase order to Toys R Us. And soon after came Bed Bath & Beyond, Hobby Lobby...

byMatthew Damman

January 24, 2018

6 Lessons You Wish You Knew Before Owning a Retail Store

Owning a retail store can be very rewarding, but it can also be a tricky business to balance if you’ve never run one before. Even for an experienced retailer, there is a delicate balance between...

byNicole Walters

October 11, 2017

What Does it Take for a Retail Startup to Tap Into a Global Economy?

Global trade isn’t a new concept, but today’s international commerce landscape has progressed a long way from the ancient times of trading spices and silk across the high seas. Internet and online marketplaces, such as...

byPascal Van Dooren

July 24, 2017

The Benefits of UPC Barcodes for Your Small Business

UPC barcodes are often the most forgotten component of any product a retailer sells. But don’t be fooled, these seemingly insignificant numbers and zebra-like designs pack a powerful punch, one that small businesses can easily...

byNicole Walters

June 13, 2017

3 Ways to Maximize the Customer Experience in the Digital Age

Constant improvement and innovation of the customer experience is critical in today’s increasingly competitive retail marketplace. Also apparent is the need to strike the proper balance between service and value to create invaluable customer loyalty....

byMike Bornhorst

January 19, 2017

3 Things You Need to Know Before Starting an Independent Retail Store

If you’re looking to start your own independent retail store, there’s plenty you need to know in order to stand out from the crowds and make your venture a successful one. To do so, you’ll need...

byRob Young

December 3, 2016

Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference, You gotta go!

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!...

byKim Babjak

March 16, 2011

Powerful Partnerships!

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 -...

byKim Babjak

January 8, 2010

1..2..3..Go Shopping!

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...

byKim Babjak

January 5, 2010