Lots of small towns struggle with retail, both retaining existing stores and encouraging new stores to open. In Elk City, Oklahoma, the municipal government actively encourages retail experiments by rebating some sales tax to new retail businesses. Economic Development Director Jim Mason told me about it at a regional meeting, and I thought it […]
Archives for October 2017
Get a glimpse of good news in the Brag Basket
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for October 27-29, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your […]
Stand Out in a Crowd
Have you ever just felt that your business and what you do is nothing special? No matter what you sell or where you are located or even where you market, your business faces lots of competition. And as you dig deeper into who your competition is and what they are doing, your feel nothing distinguishes your […]
Free concerts draw big crowds, but no one shops local stores
Reader Dave Tucci sent in this terrific question that you may identify with: Here in our small town Unionville, Ontario, Canada, (pop 9000) we have a free concert night every Thursday night from 7:30 to 9pm. We have awesome cover bands like Elton Rohn, Hotel California, Absolute Journey and many more. We draw crowds […]