Engagement with any social content is fantastic. Good, bad – it all could be the goal! Any press is good press as they say. A couple weeks ago I made a quick post about „If it is important to you…

A new year – here come the new goals! Now that the dust has settled from 2019 and an awesomely chaotic holiday season, many business leaders are sitting pen in hand – looking at 2020 and trying to “plan” for…

„I’m going to disrupt myself before my competitor(s) do it to me.“ A bold profound statement. Unfortunately, most often stated after the disruption is already happening – and it is the disrupt-ie making the proclamation. Now just becoming aware of…

Last week I was on a call with a furniture retailer. A couple locations, not large by any means – but not tiny either; „been in business for over 60 years“. What stated as a “got a minute” type call…

Charlotte, NC – 05/23/19 – RetailSystem, a leading cloud-based Retail Management Software company for the home furnishings industry, announces the launch of a strategic program with Furniture First Buying Group. The RetailSystem program gives Furniture First members an alternative to…

So, we are often asked; “Jesse, what are dealers doing online?”. Not are they doing eCommerce (well maybe that too) – but more along the lines of Digital Marketing. You know – that scary unknown that to most is voodoo…

As leaders – unfortunately there are less then rosy days. Yes, it is not all golf courses and lake views from the boat of choice. Of all the days however – the days that seem to cause the greatest level…

As a consumer – we are always concerned when we order that which requires delivery. We call it the last mile in home furnishings – but it really applies to any item that we (the consumer) have that set „level…

A few days ago, Walmart.com announced that they are introducing the MoDRN collection. A line-up of 650 items in the $20 – $899 price range. Within a few hours – I received numerous calls from retail friends wanting to gripe…

„The headlight bulb“ A couple weeks ago I had to go find a replacement headlight bulb for my car. Super fancy bulb (saving the tech talk) so it was not easy to quickly find. After a few trips to several…