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First things first, if you are reading this Sunday morning before 11 EST you can watch the USA women’s soccer team play Netherland for the World Cup final round. Go USA! Never Compete On Price. Here Are 5 Things To Compete On Instead. You can’t always compete on price. Sometimes, larger businesses simply use rock bottom prices in…

Do you or does your company do marketing to your customers? Last week we were working on a marketing campaign for a few of our customers (yes we do that in addition to making great products). One of the surprising things we keep running into is a lot of distributors don’t have  easy access to their own…

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Seven Simple Steps to Delighting Your Customers People pleasing – for as long as there have been sellers and buyers, there have been efforts by sellers to get those buyers coming back for more. If we think all the way back to the dark ages of retailing, we can imagine that…

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! A little history- Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring people who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The holiday, which is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May, was most recently held on…

40 Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets to Staying Focused What to do this week, variation on to do lists Each Monday I prioritize what I want to accomplish that week, and then I think about what I’ve done at the end of the week and share it in an email to my employees called “Reflections.” It’s…

Industry News! Bain Capital to acquire Imperial Dade Bain Capital announced it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Imperial Dade, a distributor of disposable food service and janitorial supplies with headquarters in Jersey City. Imperial Dade will continue to be led by its current management team, who will remain significant investors in the…

Burger King has a message for McDonald’s: Not every meal is happy. Burger King’s latest promotion throws some shade at McDonald’s and its Happy Meals. The fast food chain rolled out a new Whopper meal box, called “Real Meals,” labeled with different moods and colors. The packaging comes in five moods: the Pissed in red,…