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Author: Gordon Hecht

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Here’s Your 20 Percent Pay Raise

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Gordon Hecht

There’s been an awful lot of talk in the news and social media lately about pay rates.

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The Power to Say ‘Yes’

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021 Gordon Hecht

Every organization needs some set of service guidelines to operate cohesively. These rules are normally set by the organizer or owner, based on their own belief systems.

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The Dating Game

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Gordon Hecht

Remember your first date? Whether it was with someone you knew or arranged blindly, the feeling was the same — a combination of nervousness and excitement that resulted in anxiety.

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Hiring Outside the (Check)Box

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Gordon Hecht

There’s been an awful lot of talk in the news and social media lately about pay rates.

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Holy Extended Terms, Batman!

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Gordon Hecht

The Batman has gone through several transformations, from comic books to the 1940s movie serials to the Dark Night of this century.

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The Stars Are Aligned in Your Favor

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Gordon Hecht

Facebook blew it off the map. You probably have a Blackberry sitting in a drawer next to a jar of pennies, and a box of video cassettes you can’t bear to toss out.

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Keeping Up Appearances

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Gordon Hecht

This past week I was honored to have my hotel room upgraded to the Chicken Little Suite. You may remember him, the fowl who thought the sky was falling.

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Hello, I Must Be Going

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Gordon Hecht

The old “Help Wanted” section of the newspaper has been inconsequential for many years now.  Social media, especially LinkedIn, is the home of many “now hiring” posts.

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The Principal’s Office

September 13, 2021September 15, 2021 Gordon Hecht

Pearl Elementary School, most of it didn’t affect me.  Yet I still carry the lessons from one dramatic event that school year into my business career.

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A (TV) Guide to Retail Life

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Gordon Hecht

There was a time when the country’s biggest-selling magazine was a pocket-sized digest called TV Guide.

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Gearing Up for Q4

August 19, 2021August 20, 2021 Gordon Hecht

Working the business calendar in our retail world is like running a marathon or playing double overtime in the Super Bowl.

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Don’t Sell Service Short

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Gordon Hecht

There’s an old story about the difference in the way a sober person and an intoxicated person uses a lamp post:  Sober people use them for illumination and intoxicated people use them for support.

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Be Unconventional at the Convention

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 Gordon Hecht

This month many of us will return in-person to the BrandSource Convention, where we will see many introductions of new products and several updates of past winners.

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The Pursuit of a Perfect Day

July 29, 2021July 30, 2021 Gordon Hecht

We all hope for the Perfect Day in retail. Spacious shops with reasonable rents, smokin’ hot high profit merchandise and an engaging sales staff ready to sell to a steady flow of wealthy and credit-worthy shoppers. 

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Never Zig When You Can Zag

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Gordon Hecht

You’d probably need to find someone born between the time when there were 48 U.S. states and the TV dial had 12 channels to know what the phrases “It’s a doozy” and “That’s ritzy” mean.

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Amazing 17th Century Technology Can Build Your Business

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Gordon Hecht

It’s fairly common these days to feel a bit of technology overload. Just when we finally mastered the skill of getting the thermal paper loaded in the fax machine, they put Zoom, Slack, TikTok, and Whoop-Dee-Doo on our laptops.

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The Declaration of Independents

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Gordon Hecht

This Sunday, July 4, is the 245th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty-six colonists hopped on the 18th-century version of a Zoom call and told King George III of England, “Ye can shinny up a thy flagpole.”

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How to Ruin Your Business in a Few Easy Steps

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Gordon Hecht

It was about 150 years ago that one of the first “how-to” books, Samuel Smiles’ Self-Help, became a bestseller.

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Retail’s New Rules, Part II

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Gordon Hecht

It’s a great time to look for a job! And in a weird way, a great time to hire people too.

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Retail’s New Rules

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Gordon Hecht

It’s almost half-past 2021 and it’s business as unusual out there.

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The Price Is (Not) Right: The chairman of Nebraska Furniture Mart said soaring inflation is beginning to impact demand for home goods. CNBC TV
Under Pressure: The strains on the global supply chain aren’t likely to let up anytime soon. Distribution Strategy Group
Hire Calling: The number of job openings — and employee resignations — reached the highest levels on record in March. The Wall Street Journal

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That’s a wrap for the 2022 Summit! Alan and Allyssa sat down with AVB Vp of Events and Customer Experience Jennifer Baldwin for some closing thoughts! #OwnIt22
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That’s a wrap for the 2022 Summit! Alan and Allyssa sat down with AVB Vp of Events and Customer Experience Jennifer Baldwin for some closing thoughts! #OwnIt22
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Think you can beat Chad Evans at a game of HORSE? 🏀 Head to the LG booth and win a 4-Piece Freestanding Kitchen Package during the Summit Expo! #OwnIt22
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