December 2009
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- TRUST MARKETING: Decades of honored retailing return big double-digit increases in business for Steve Phillips in Saint Louis
- FURNITURE IS HOMELESS: An industry stressing sales over living comfortably perpetuates stress and misery
- WHAT’S KNOWN BETTER THAN WHAT’S NEW: Having a conversation about comfort with consumers is the marketing comfort zone
- NaW MARKETING: Maneuvering out of the recession demands sustained focus on recognizing how people live
- FURNITURE FATIGUE: Expect fewer blogservations packing more marketing punch
- UNGROWTH CONSERVATISM: Rising infrequency of furniture purchases grow from sustainable values about quality, function and lifestyle
- PIECE ON DEARTH: Less is more from distinction and differentiation critical in marketing to smart consumers as rugged individualists
- LOW PRICES HIGH ANXIETY: Dropping prices to induce sales is desperate flypaper marketing
- NEW BUSINESS FROM OLD: Marketing to satisfied consumers may be the salvation
- INCONVENIENT TRUTHS: Lack of message cohesion, professionalism and congealed focus on consumers and more . . .
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