How's your blog?

How's your blog?

The topic of store blogs came up time and time again at the recent Retail Shippers Expo in Las Vegas. It’s very encouraging to hear of so many stores starting and maintaining really great blogs, and reaping the benefits! Blogs are a core teaching of...
Surprisingly Awesome: Cardboard

Surprisingly Awesome: Cardboard

As you’ve likely gathered by now, most of us on the AMBC Board of Directors are outright podcast junkies. I have my favorite podcasts, and among them is a fairly new gem from Gimlet Media, Surprisingly Awesome. This delightful show takes a seemingly mundane...

Happy New Year! (Yes, in August!)

For me, August always feels like the start of a new year. It’s weird, I know. But my shop is in a college town, and August is when all of the new students arrive for the year. The town comes back to life, things are fresh, and attitudes are positively hopeful....