June 19, 2012  John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics and Marketing Your Store offers insight into the situation many retailers find themselves; that of making arrangements for a company website, needing to make decisions involving features presented in terms that are tantamount to a foreign language. Simonson helps retailers understand the consumer and the pitfalls in some of the formatted mini-sites available in the industry

June 18, 2012  Keith Lacognata, VP Sales & Marketing, GTP International discusses Free Fit Floor, a glueless, 4mm thick, line of LVT, planks and tiles. Lacognata talks about the product’s dimensional stability; how it was developed, its patented suction technology backing and its 15-year commercial warranty. 

June 15, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks back at the market this week and the 12,600 level, which he pegged as being important and was hit and surpassed yesterday. Barker discusses yesterday’s announcement concerning the coordination of global central banks making ready a possible negative outcome of Sunday’s election in Greece, the less than positive economic news in this country and possible Fed action and also what he’s focusing in going forward. 

June 14, 2012  Scott Perron, President of Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet talks about the opening of the company’s model store in Oklahoma City, his new role at that facility, including working the sales floor as well as some of the new ideas being developed at the location. Perron also discusses the company’s expansion plans, the prime focus of those plans and the company’s upcoming convention.

June 12, 2012  John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics and Marketing Your Store discusses the merging of Google Places and Google Local to Google Plus Local and what this means for retailers focused on marketing locally on the internet and taking advantage of the tools available on Google to help retailers get discovered.

June 11, 2012  Bill Yeadon, Training Facilitator, Jon-Don, discusses the Carpet & Rug’s (CRI) Seal of Approval program from the cleaning community’s perspective, the success the program has received in the industry, the problems some in the industry players have had with the programs, and their suggestions on how it might be improved.

June 8, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, discusses his prediction concerning the jobs report last Friday, the resulting drop in the market, and the ensuing media reports. Barker talks about the levels he feels the market will seek next week, Fed Chairman Bernanke’s comments yesterday before Congress and the situation involving European sovereign debt.