In Blog 110 I talked about No Guts No Glory. In this blog I want to talk about a communication breakdown. The 9 West “Faith” was so hot, Kent decided to stock it in the Nordstrom DC. He had me write a PO to cover all the Northern Calif. Stores. The PO…
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No Guts No Glory – Blog #110
In Blog 109, I talked about how change is constant in retail. In this blog I want to talk about No Guts No Glory. The 9 West “Faith” was the number one pump from 9 West at the time. Nordstrom wouldn’t buy it because of how Macy’s used to have White Flower…
Change is constant in Retail – Blog #109
In Blog 108 I talked about the East Bay Team plus one that was in the City region. In this blog I want to talk about How change is constant in retail. Retail is constant change. With people getting promoted and moving on or just leaving the company to find other opportunities.…
The Eastbay team plus one – Blog #108
In Blog 107 I talked about how my influencers got me there. In this blog I want to talk about the Eastbay team and plus one from the City region. Curtis Curtis was my counterpart in the Walnut Creek store. He had a very laid back personality. Talk about a great guy…
How My Influencers got me there – Blog #107
In Blog 106 I talked about The Year End Re Cap 1993. In this blog I want to talk about how my influencers got me there Bill Normart It starts with a foundation. My dad taught me the importance of being proud of the work you do. You don’t necessarily have to…
Year End Re Cap 1993 – Blog #106
In Blog 105 I talked about my favorite NYC Ffany trip. In this blog I want to talk about the Year End Re Cap 1993. Our fiscal year ended in January. We would soon be doing inventory and would also be getting the report on how we ended up in the store…
My Favorite NYC Ffany Trip – Blog #105
In Blog 104 I talked about how to execute events properly. In this blog I want to talk about My Favorite NYC Ffany Trip. Kaaren And I went to the Ffany (Fashion Footwear Association of New York) Trip in NYC in December. December has always been my favorite time to attend this…
How to Execute Events properly – Blog #104
In Blog 103 I talked about the Anniversary Sale Re-Cap. In this blog I want to talk about how to execute events properly. To draw people into our department we bought a Pop a Shot. This was a basketball game that was timed and the goal was to score as many points…
Anniversary Sale Re-cap – Blog #103
In blog 102 I talked about the Mayor of Zappos Jerry Tidmore. In this blog I wanted to talk about the Anniversary Sale Re-Cap. The Anniversary event in the 90’s was a Pre-Fall sale. As a buyer we would pick hot items for fall and put them on sale for…
The Mayor of Zappos – Blog #102
In Blog 101 I talked about how planning is most important. In this Blog I want to talk about the Mayor of Zappos. Even though I haven’t started writing my stories of Zappos in my blog I thought this was appropriate as it’s Jerry’s Birthday today. So this blog is…