Tag: Arden Fair

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 hit the warehouse the next… Continue reading Communication Breakdown – Blog #111

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 day sales every week and… Continue reading No Guts No Glory – Blog #110

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 thing is it… Continue reading Change is constant in Retail – Blog #109

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 with a big… Continue reading The Eastbay team plus one – Blog #108

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 work the hardest… Continue reading How My Influencers got me there – Blog #107

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 dept. ranking. We built an… Continue reading Year End Re Cap 1993 – Blog #106

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 show. The weather is… Continue reading My Favorite NYC Ffany Trip – Blog #105

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 in that time. It was… Continue reading How to Execute Events properly – Blog #104

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 a few weeks. It was… Continue reading Anniversary Sale Re-cap – Blog #103

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 dedicated to Jerry.   I’ve… Continue reading The Mayor of Zappos – Blog #102