I may be uniquely qualified to ponder this question. I spent part of my career managing a corporate CE in-house design team, and now I own and manage a design agency. I was extremely proud of the team I built, but back then the internal art department was looked down upon. They didn't think we had the talent of an outside firm. We were relegated to documentation and internal … [Read more...]
What CE Independent Retailers can Learn from the Corner Bicycle Shop
My son has a dream of owning his own bicycle shop. I figured there has to be a book about how to start your own retail bicycle store and sure enough I found one: "Leading Out Retail: A Creative Look at Bicycle Retail and What All Retailers Can Learn From It" by Donny Perry. (Published in 2014). Perry foreshadows a lot of what is happening to independent retailers today and … [Read more...]