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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: Sandwich and salad…with a side of thank you
Feb 22, 2010
It does mean a lot to customers when you reach out and say thanks for making a purchase…whether it’s for a $1,000 kayak or a $10 sandwich. When the thank you is served as an unexpected side with a meal, the impact was that much greater.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: Photos, espionage and more at our industry trade shows
Feb 12, 2010
For goodness sakes, folks, in both the comparatively small outdoor and fitness industries, forms of industrial espionage at trade shows is getting out of hand. People are on edge, and unless we collectively focus on this challenge, things could go from bad to worse in a hurry…to the point of someone even getting physically hurt.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: Bitter employees post-company acquisition share woes with customers
Jan 29, 2010
Employees willing and eager to share their displeasure about their employer with their customers must be truly disgruntled. And that just isn’t good for business. Firing them isn’t a good choice since that’s akin to shooting the messenger.... Read about our latest shopping experience, and think about it.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: Facebook -- The marshmallow of today?
Jan 25, 2010
Marshmallows were always an ooey gooey graham-cracker-and-chocolate-sandwiched temptation. Who could stop once having started in? Yeah, like Facebook.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS View: Flat-out good service makes a shop special
Jan 13, 2010
My boyfriend was traveling from New York to Augusta, Ga., for work, when he got a flat tire -- and he called me at home in Montana to help him out.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS View: Our shopper just says ‘no’ to riddling retail acronyms
Dec 30, 2009
Our shopper finds retail riddles right and left. It was as if Batman’s nemesis The Riddler was behind every corner, saying, “Riddle me this, shopper-girl…”
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: Beautiful People website says 'no' to ugly…and that hurts
Dec 18, 2009
More than 1.8 million people received confirmation within weeks of a new website launching that they are, in fact, ugly. We figure that people in the outdoor and fitness industries have a better than average chance of qualifying as beautiful because a good physique definitely plays a part...
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Article Thumbnail SNEWS® View: Hotel-room exhibiting doesn’t count as supporting the trade show
Dec 9, 2009
On Dec. 4, we received an email invitation with the subject line “Going to Winter OR?” Naturally, with trade show season approaching, we opened the email, finding a cheery greeting. But after reading the message, we found more to jeer than cheer.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: Being thankful for time is just the beginning
Nov 24, 2009
As the days and weeks tick by, there is so much to be grateful for, and not just at this time of year. For our blogger, time is a gift to be treasured, and she realized she has so much to be very grateful for.
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Article Thumbnail The SNEWS® View: You’re not married until Facebook says so
Nov 18, 2009
Despite the overwhelming evidence that I am, in fact, a happily married man, I just learned no one is married until Facebook says so.
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ESCHLER e3: FLASH coldblack® ESCHLER e3: FLASH coldblack®
Aug 14, 2009
The new FLASH fabric which utilizes the coldblack® technology by Schoeller. It allows dark textiles to no longer absorb, but reflect heat. Thus, coldblack® reduces heat build-up and provides reliable protection from UV-rays.
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Feb 18, 2010
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Mar 1, 2010
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Dick's Sporting Goods National Runners' Month is May
Mar 19, 2010
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Mar 19, 2010
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Mar 19, 2010
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Mar 18, 2010
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Mar 19, 2010
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Mar 18, 2010
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