
We launched “Sanity Files,” -- the last page in INSTORE -- in January 2012 as kind of an experiment, and in 2013 we decided we liked it so much we began to publish it every month. I looked back on some of the fun sanity-savers our readers have shared with us, and thought I’d compile a top 10 list of some of my favorites (so far.)

I suppose there are times when a trend appears suddenly, almost as if like magic, out of nowhere. Maybe. But with regard to blue and pink gem jewelry, this is not one of those times.

One of the questions I hear most often from retailers is, “What have you learned as a result of seeing so many stores and talking to so many store owners?” For me, the biggest lesson is that no matter how successful the store, there is almost always a blind spot – that is, an area of potential growth or improvement that the owner is just not seeing.
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One of the biggest news stories in the world last week – the U.S. aside — was the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of the Manchester United soccer team.




