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 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.

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.

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?

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.

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?