Retail Profiles
Choosing the right kind of merchandise to display around your point-of-sale station shouldn't be an afterthought. Those items you choose to surround your cash wrap are the last the customer is going to see before...
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The Old West is alive and well at the Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art in Boulder, Colorado. It features the private collection of Ed Trumble, who has assembled hundreds of pieces from dozens of...
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Retail manager and Buyer Tommy BrownSaint Louis ZooSt. Louis Tommy Brown has worked for theme parks, department stores and, for the past 13 years, at a major zoo in the Midwest. There's nothing in retail...
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Volunteering at the local zoo has blossomed into a career for Shawne Sheldon. Ten years ago, Sheldon began volunteering her time at the Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City, Indiana, which, at that time, didn't...
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Founder & Curator Barry LevensonNational Mustard MuseumMiddleton, Wisconsin MM: What do you enjoy most about your job? I love to see people laughing with us, enjoying themselves in an improbable museum that doesn't take itself...
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Retail Manager Shawne SheldonWashington Park ZooMichigan City, Indiana Q: What's the most unusual question a customer has ever asked? We are not strangers to unusual questions. One that comes to mind is if we could...
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Manager/Buyer Laura FirestoneAkron Art MuseumAkron, Ohio Q: What is your retail background? I’ve been the Shop Manager/Buyer at the Akron Art Museum Shop since 2007. Q: What was the draw of working in a museum...
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What is the best retail advice you've ever received or could offer? Sallie Stutz, Brooklyn Museum in New York City Look to develop beneficial partnerships in every way. For example, working with the American Fine...
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