The Retail Doctor Blog

It’s easy for many retailers to get distracted with all the changes going on in technology, social media, and shopper behavior.

Levi's made headlines last week when their stock gained 32% on its first day of trading. While Levi's sales and profits are growing, they didn't...

I attended Shoptalk in Las Vegas last week.

Even as headlines about the retail apocalypse returned after widely expected store closures were...

I just completed a business makeover of Eklund’s, an agricultural equipment dealer in rural, upstate New York.

Many retailers have embraced digital as the be-all and end-all. Many pundits and retail experts are telling us the only way to survive is to bring...

Another year has closed. For some, it was record-breakingly good.

One thing that is true across the board, last year was a year fraught with ups...

A lot of attention is being given to how online retail is growing. But what if that growth isn't coming entirely from consumer demand, but...

We've officially begun the holiday season and retailers are all over the map with their holiday retail sales predictions.

Here's mine: I expect ...

As 250+ Bon Ton stores go out of business, the Wall Street Journal caught up with their former CEO Tim Grumbacher who said, “If I had had the...

When I was putting myself through college, one of my first jobs was in retail sales at the Broadway Department Store in Southern California....

This past week, Starbucks announced they were closing 8000 of their US locations for bias training after a manager called Philadelphia police to...

A question I’m asked frequently is how to select the best POS system software.  It’s important because a point of sale system for small business...