The Retail Doctor Blog

Ever seen HBO's series Sex and the City or the movie The Hangover? Those four characters in each are archetypes for the personality styles first...

Retailers often fear an employee quitting because it will come at the worst time: before a sale, during the busy period or right when they start a...

This post is for retail buyers but here's a question for you: Do you know what makes a Rolls Royce a Rolls Royce?

I was training a group of about twenty store retail store managers on personality styles.

I was highlighting the differences between the four...

When I was in college, I worked nights and weekends in a department store. I was there for the the guys shopping on Christmas Eve and for the ...

Looking for why it is important for employees to connect? Read on...

Have you ever gone to visit one of your favorite retailers only to discover an empty store with a For Lease sign posted in the window?  

I’ve read...

Have you heard of the runaway success of the burger franchise Five Guys?

What's one of the big reasons Five Guys is wildly successful? They send...

Last night I saw the film, the Hobart Shakespeareans. It is a documentary about an extraordinary elementary school in Los Angeles and the teacher...

From the time I was in seventh grade until I graduated Glendale High, every summer I toured with my church's youth choir.

To make it financially...

One of my earliest retail consulting clients was a coffee house.

One day I noticed the tip jar had $5 and $10 bills in it.

While one could...

In the Wall Street Journal article, What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind? Alison Gopnik takes an in-depth look at two trends affecting the...