Before we start, check out this week’s podcast featuring Keith Moneymaker from Sweet Dreams in North Carolina. Keith is a great retailer and shares some stories on how he is making it happen in his market so give it a listen and make sure to have a pencil handy because he throws out some really […]
“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” Albert Einstein These are some crazy times we are living in wouldn’t you say? In the Dos Marcos podcast that published yesterday, I make the comment that “just because you have the power to be an asshole, doesn’t mean you SHOULD be an asshole.” Suppliers from all over […]
Before I start, if you would like to hear a podcast on this topic, Mark Kinsley and I cover it all in the latest episode of Dos Marcos, so check it out! When I first started in the industry Sealy was #1 by a large margin. Simmons was #2 and Serta was trailing at a […]
I was 28 years old when I first moved to Chicago. Serta hired me to be their Vice President of National Accounts in charge of the Sam’s Club and Montgomery Wards business. Combined, they accounted for over 1/3 of Serta’s volume which was about $85 million in sales at the time. To say I was […]
First off…if you have not already listened to this week’s Dos Marcos Podcast with Jon Spoelstra, you need to check it out. Jon was a BIG TIME executive in the NBA working with teams like the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trailblazers and the New Jersey Nets and he takes us inside the NBA and talks about […]