Small Retail Business Tip #2 Relocate your displays
Submitted by bizuns on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 13:18
Do you notice some stores look the same as they did 3-4 years ago, perhaps even since you were a kid? I'm not talking about the color of paint or the sign out front, those things are important, but rather their product is always in the same location. You would not believe how oblivious we consumers are when tromping through stores, we have "blind spots" and a tendency to always look in the same place. We are not talking moving things from top shelf to the bottom, but completely change all of your displays and move your inventory to different locations in the store.
Small Retail Business Tip #1 Negotiate with suppliers
Submitted by bizuns on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 17:18
Far too often small retail shop owners focus exclusively on the sales side of the business, missing out on the fact that successful retail stores can sell items cheaper but still make higher margins. How? They get better prices from their suppliers and distributors. And the beauty of lower costs is that you get higher margins without raising prices on your customers.
Funny manager goal setting comic
Submitted by bizuns on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 19:25
This is about how it works when setting goals with your manager in a large company. I think performance appraisals goal setting is important in a semi-informal way, but it always worth poking fun at individuals that take it too seriously.
NHL 12 - How to Snipe Shortside from Behind the net
Submitted by Kulsmash on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 00:52
This is a how to video on how to shoot short side. It's another quicky... hope you enjoy.
Drop a comment if you like the videos, or if you have any suggestions. NHL 12 Tutorials and Videos
NHL 12 - How to play goalie tutorial.
Submitted by Kulsmash on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 18:51
Here is an NHL 2012 video tutorial my buddy Kulsmash made with his PS3 and a Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR. Transcript & tutorial below.
Wikipedia double standard and why it will likely fail
Submitted by bizuns on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 01:09
If you have ever tried to get involved in Wikipedia you likely know that there are 37 "wikinazis" poised waiting to delete any and every change you make (good or bad). In a certain sense these people are what made it popular, but in another way they will ultimately be it's demise. Any change that isn't made by them or someone in their affiliated group will be met with immediate deletion. This is true of most content or writings and especially links.
Wikipedia URLs and the double standard
Rise of Libertarianism in Canada?
Submitted by bizuns on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 02:41
It is hard to argue that libertarianism making a come back in the US, big government advocates argue that it was free markets and deregulation that led to economic calamity but no matter how you splice it there was government involved all along. The social 'safety net' has become a much larger expense in both the US and Canada, but few are thrilled about what the systems offer. The bulk of Canadian electorate seems to be satisfied with the general state of things when compared to the rest of the world, but one could argue that less Canadians are in the, "well it can't happen to us", camp.
Unhealthy Obsessions with Statistics
Submitted by bizuns on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 16:28
Stats are great, line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts can be magnificent things. But what happens when the interpretations of these numbers becomes the central focus of an organization? It seems to me they become increasingly more important to people when the organization goals are vague and unclear. Perhaps these stats give us some hope that we are still working towards something, or in many cases used by politicians or other officials to convince people they have made that 'change' they were hired for.
