by admin | Jul 6, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Commercial Real Estate, Community, Customer Loyalty, HR, Industry, Retail History, Retail Strategy, Skateboard
Similar to how we cling to technology of the past, as skaters, we also hang on tight to the olden ways of doing commerce. Handshake agreements, payment in products, and brick-and-mortar retail locations are all things that many industries have moved past or at...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Industry, News, Retail History, Retail Strategy, Snowboard
BC Surf & Sport in Lone Tree, Colorado – Photo by SES Company Owner {and BRA Board Member} Bruce Cromartie answered some questions for us about how the snow season turned out, including what brands sold well. We also asked him about current sales trends and...
by admin | Jun 18, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Industry, Retail History, Skateboard
For as long as I have been skateboarding, there have been so many debates over which trucks turn the fastest, which trucks grind the best, and which trucks last the longest. Each brand has their own specialty, and there’s no telling which trucks are truly “the best,”...
by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Retail History, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
A Best Buy store, a retailer of consumer electronics, operating in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.GETTY During the early part of the pandemic, it became popular to say that we had experienced 10 years of e-commerce growth in only 10 weeks. While that was rather...
by admin | Jun 9, 2022 | Book Review, Industry, Retail History, Skate Art, Skateboard
PHOTOS BY FRANCIS MAKIEJ SPOILER ALERT: I Made a Book/Zine Facebook sucks. (Full stop). If I were to think of something valuable about the platform or “product” as some call it, I wouldn’t try to kid you with claims about “connecting the world” or “providing a space...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | Community, Outdoor, Retail History, Retail Strategy
Seed Peoples Market won an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award in January 2020, but when I visit the Costa Mesa, California-based shop, I don’t walk out with anything I saw in the aisles at that Show. Instead of a recycled polyester Patagonia jacket or a technical...