Small businesses are vital to the community and economy. They offer many advantages over big-box stores and chain retailers, from personal service to fostering your neighbourhood’s sense of identity and community. But despite all these benefits, people still tend to stick with the tried-and-true big box stores. Why? 1. Slow service & poor customer service […]
As consumers, we have an enormous amount of power over local businesses, and most of us don’t even realise it. Every time we spend money in the marketplace, we’re casting a vote with our dollars on which businesses will succeed and which will fail. This can be scary, but it also means that we have […]
Retail stockists are the stores that sell your products to the public, and as such, they’re one of the most critical parts of any brand or company’s wholesale business model. Choosing the ideal retail stockists can make all the difference between high profits and low sales – it could even mean the difference between success […]