Retail entrepreneurs come from all sorts of backgrounds so it isn't a surprise that there can be many different passions and points of view on issues of interest.  Here are some that you may find interesting - and by all means, if you have a perspective yourself on an issue that impacts the industry - post it on the MerchantHub blog.

The New York Retail Experience… Can We Do It Here?
New York: a city pulsating with life. Anything can happen, anything is possible, if you can dream it; New York is the place where ideas can turn into reality.

3 weeks of planning, 5 minute visit, lifetime of memories 
What do you say when out of the blue you’re asked to create custom rain coats for both HRH Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall? No, I've never done it before....or Yes! But I have no clue what I am doing...

Social Media – A Retailer’s Perspective
As a retailer, one question kept nagging at me. How could Fitness Town, your typical brick-and-mortar retail company, participate and benefit from social media?

A Well Earned Day at the Beach 
I had spent three long days living as a retailer where I studied and embraced upcoming trends, then sought out the product (making selections totally based on my trends 101 lesson), that would eventually fly off a North Vancouver’s retailers’ shelves.

The Big O in Green-spacing your store by design
So what is the big ‘O’ In Green-Spacing your store? Is it an Obligation or an Opportunity? In reality, I think it is really both.
The obligation (even if you are not convinced with all the data and facts available to date) is that a lot of your customers do believe that managing our carbon foot print, is important.

Can Retailers Save the World?
Big question, some retailers thought – can I change the world? Maybe influence a trend, hopefully add a new product or value to the market, perhaps be that go-to retailer for some of my customers – but change the world? 

The Accidental Retailer
Blaming the consumer is an easy way for retailers to side-step the issue of taking personal responsibility for creating the world we want to live in. Granted, that’s easy for me to say. I am ‘green’ when it comes to retail in every sense.

Commercial Uncorks Ongoing Independent vs. Big Box Debate
Those who spent even a little time watching television this past December would have likely seen an unusual commercial – the owner of an independent bridal shop in Abbotsford talking about her staff's secret-Santa gift exchange and heralding the benefits of shopping at Wal-Mart. What? An independent retailer supporting a big-box store?