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What’s Up With The June Christmas Items Already In Stores?
It’s easy to shake our heads and blame it on retailers wanting to wring every last buck out of shoppers opening up their wallets for the holiday season – but there are several organizations that have been welcoming Christmas in June for decades. And, it’s because of...
With Open Arms, We Nourish Body, Mind and Soul
That’s the mission statement for Open Arms of Minnesota. This amazing nonprofit organization believes that food is medicine, and with the help of volunteers they deliver meals to Twin City residents living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and ALS (Lou...
When The Price Isn’t Enough
First, it was gloom and doom. eCommerce was going to drive brick and mortar stores to extinction. It was an interesting prediction, but apparently, the experts who came up with it neglected to pay attention to what consumers were actually doing. Sure, there are big...
Vinyl Art Case Study – How Vinyl Art Helped a Camera Case Company Add the Missing Feature and Make it a Photographer’s Dream.
Digital cameras have traveled in both directions when it comes to operational ease. The digital camera built in to your smartphone is a technical marvel in more ways than one. You basically just point it and shoot. On the other end of the spectrum, today’s high-end...
Analog Solutions In A Digital World
There are times when it seems like the whole world is being digitized and ported into your smartphone. It might make you wonder what will happen to places that existed before the analog versions. We all know what happened to companies like Tower Records and...
Vinyl Art Case Study – Bookmarking a disaster: How Vinyl Art Salvaged a Project that was Cancelled After Production
College textbooks have never been inexpensive. Medical textbooks are even costlier. It’s currently estimated that a four-year medical degree program at a private college runs about $200,000. Your cost for textbooks will cost about $6,000. According to the National...
What The Candy Jar On Your Office Desk And Getting A Promotion Have In Common
Not enough space? Or, too much stuff? It’s one of those hypothetical questions that maybe doesn’t have an answer. One thing’s for sure: our desk and—if we have one—office can get messy fast. Have you ever walked up to your desk and thought, “I wonder what people think...
What Do Oak Beams, January And New College Oxford Have In Common With Vinyl Art
Is it possible to plan too far in advance? People who ask us what’s on our schedule this time of year might ponder this. It’s because we tell them that if it’s January, it must be time to think about back to school. Most of the world follows some kind of cycle....
Bigger, Faster, Closer to Your Deadline!
Many companies today either practice or are moving to what’s known as “just-in-time” inventory management—often just called JIT. It’s the process of ordering and receiving inventory only when it’s needed. There’s no surplus of stock on hand. Operating with these low...
Vinyl Art Case Study: How Do You Protect Something As Well As The Brand It Represents?
Beanie Baby® buying and selling remains popular on eBay—but it’s no longer the industry that during the mid-90s accounted for 10% of eBay’s sales. The rarest of Beanie Babies® were valuable financial investments. Even the not-so-in-demand Beanie Babies could be...
