and the sustainable decisions you might need to make for your business If you’ve ever heard the expression money makes the world go round, nothing shows this more true than the climate topic. Analytics and business go hand and hand, especially when it comes to gauging what customers want. One of the hottest topics in…
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Hello, My name is Felix Garay, Im a 27 year retail expert. I have worked for some of the most recognizable retail brands in the world. My mission is to use content to help the retail beginner build the skills and confidence needed to become the retail expert
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In retail they’re Sheep, Wolves, and Shepherds.
Which one will you become? Just the other day I was having a talk with a friend and colleague of mine who was going through a transition in leadership. He was concerned with the rumors floating around about his new boss. My advice was “In my experience retail has three type of people. I refer…
Read MoreCrypto and the NFT Market
It’s all fun and games until someone makes 69 million On March 11th 2021 Mike Winkelmann sold a non fungible token jpg for $69,346,250 usd. This digital art piece broke records for being the most expensive NFT ever sold. The piece was purchased by a crypto investor named Vignesh Sundaresan also know as MetaKovan. The…
Read MoreThe Fourth is Strong with Disney Plus and Star Wars Retail in 2021
If you know anything about me I’m a supreme Star Wars geek. I even have a Jedi name “Lord Garfe” and without a doubt I’m deep routed in the ways of the dark side! Today being May the 4th be with you, a holiday for Star Wars geeks, I have to blog about, well everything…
Read MoreShopping with a carbon neutral mindset
What you can do as a consumer to make a difference In the last decade or so people have put an enormous focus on how businesses are impacting our environments by not doing all they can to reduce their carbon footprint, meaning how much carbon dioxide they impose on our environment, but did you ever…
Read MoreHow Retail Has Embraced 420
As 4/20 comes around again it feels a little different this year. The annual day for sparking up turns 50 and retailers can’t turn their noses away from the sent, the sent of money that is. In 2020 marijuana has almost tripled in its overall consumption. Some online surveys show that 1 in every 20…
Read MoreThe Importance of assuring a great online shopping experience
What today’s consumer expects after choosing your business through all the e-commerce noise I just recently wrote a blog about experimental retail and in it I gave a mention to Nike’s bold moves in cutting out suppling third party retailers in an attempt to centralize their business to Nike stores and Nike.com. As we know…
Read MoreInclusion and Diversity in retail IS FOREVER!
INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY IS IMPACTING BUYING DECISIONS. ITS CHANGING THE FABRIC OF OUR DNA, AND IF YOUR NOT WOKE YOU’RE BEING SLEPT ON! As long as humans have been on this earth we have been diverse. Diversity is what makes us beautiful. However we struggle to see the commonality in all races, beliefs, personalities, and…
Read MoreExperimental Retail
The post pandemic trend changing retail today as we know it, See what companies like Nike, Dicks, and others are doing to impact change. One year into this pandemic and retail is still trying to figure out what to do next. Some retailers have lost their business entirely, some have closed stores forever, other have…
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