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Pocketbikes and Pit Bikes – A Red Hot Trend
Editor’s note: we are very pleased to present another article by guest expert John Wyckoff. He profiles a red-hot trend affecting motorcycle dealers today: pocketbikes and pit bikes.
By John Wyckoff
It started when racers began bringing small 50cc bikes to get around in the pits. Most were…
Top Ten Credit Card Trends
This past Monday the Wall Street Journal ran a special section profiling the top 10 trends in 10 industries.
One of the articles is about the top 10 trends in credit cards (requires subscription). You’d think something as mundane and well-established as credit cards couldn’t possibly…
Retail Trends: The Eyes Have It
Editor’s note: we are pleased to present another article by expert guest author, John Wyckoff. He explains how big food retailers have figured out what small businesses need to know about retail.
By John Wyckoff
Big chain food stores have done a tremendous amount of research on how people…
Temporary Stores a Growing Trend
A few weeks ago Instapundit asked the question:
“Is it just me, or are people making a bigger deal out of Halloween than they used to?”
No, it’s not just a law professor in Tennessee noticing Halloween. It’s happening all across America. Halloween has become a big deal in…
Creating a Great Customer Experience
Editor’s note: we are pleased to present another article by guest expert John Wyckoff. We talk frequently here at Small Business Trends about retail trends and how even though the big guys keep getting bigger, small businesses today are competing by being smarter and better. Creating a…
Motorcycle Industry Learns Women Rule
By John Wyckoff
The fact that women control 85% of all the discretionary dollars spent in the US is beginning to wake up retailers everywhere. The last bastion of macho has been the motorcycle industry. They too have seen the shift and are now running at full speed to capitalize on this paradigm…
Art in the Garden
Tracy DiSabato-Aust, author of The Well-Tended Perennial Garden and The Well-Designed Mixed Garden , made this interesting assertion at a garden design seminar that I attended today:
“Garden art … we’re not talking about the little wooden bent-over lady you see everywhere ……
eBook Sales Hit New Highs
eBooks are increasing in popularity and have hit new highs in sales. Open eBook Forum reports that the number of eBooks sold in the first quarter of 2004 was up 46%, and revenues were up 28% year-over-year. A total of 421,955 eBooks were sold yielding $3,233,220 in revenues. A year ago the numbers…
Knitting Shop Boom
Knitting is officially cool. Movie stars like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman are said to knit between scenes on the movie set. Knitting clubs are popping up on college campuses. Teenagers are taking knitting classes. And knitters no longer limit themselves to sweaters and socks — they…
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