Old Flames
12/11/2018 One of the nice things about my job is that I will occasionally get a letter from an old friend who is responding…
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Degree Decree
12/11/2018 How educated should our employees be? by Tina Manzer The U.S. Department of Labor has released its latest numbers, and unemployment rates are…
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“What are artists creating with your products?”
12/11/2018 A Thousand Words Paint a Picture by Tina Manzer Four years ago, Brittany Luiz decided to pick up a brush pen; one that…
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The Shops Downstairs
12/11/2018 by Tina Manzer Betsy Yamron, manager of Albright Art Supply and gift store in Concord, Massachusetts, was taken by surprise recently when a…
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“Drawing people and capturing life is my passion.”
08/29/2018 by Tina Manzer Each of Wendy Layne’s photorealistic colored pencil drawings are born from her idea for the composition as a whole. Then…
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Who are Today’s Shoppers and What do They Want?
08/29/2018 by Tina Manzer “Consumers don’t care about your last mile problem or your Bezos-eats-your-lunch problem. They don’t lose sleep over the retail apocalypse,”…
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Soup to Nuts
08/29/2018 by Tina Manzer “There is a store in Noe Valley in San Francisco that has, by far, the best merchandising of any store…
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Painting By Numbers
08/29/2018 Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are often thought of as basically the same thing, probably because science fiction movies and TV shows have…
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Good, Better, Best
06/08/2018 by Tina Manzer Freedom is one of the biggest reasons many of you became independent business owners. You can start and stop work…
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“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
06/08/2018 It may be cliché, but it’s a familiar story among artists. If they can’t find the “thing” – the gadget, medium, substrate, or…
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