Casual Living - March 1, 2010

Across the nation, the ever-present threat of big boxes, mega retailers or Web-based entities pose challenges to retailers large and small. For nearly 93% of Casual Living’s Powerhouse 100 specialty retailers, those challenges are met not only with business acumen and attention to the bottom line but often with generations of experience, dedication to community and customers plus the comm...

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• Business Outlook
• FYI
• Casually Speaking
• Grilling grows
• Editorial Sources
• Editorial Sources
• Grill Column
• Fresh ideas to kick off peak barbecue season
• How To
• Spring into action: Tips for opening salt water pools
• Inside Out
• Playing the numbers game
• Marketing 101
• Expand your ad vocab to add magic
• News
• Specialty retailers focus on foods, sizzle to recapture grill sales
• Atlantis Outdoor Kitchens adds three designs
• People in the News
• Homecrest Outdoor Living names Wingrove as sales director
• Capel Rugs adds merchandising director
• Victor Group promotes Eger
• Weather Trends
• Snowy, wet start will lead to warm finale as March ushers in spring

• Features
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• Fired up for HPB Expo
• Retail Profile
• Await & adapt: Weather makes spring business unpredictable for Northern retailers