Latest Retailstoreowner Podcast Episodes
115. Thank you for 100K Downloads! (Giveaway and Donation Drive)
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - March 17, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWhile I was on my much-delayed honeymoon vacation (2 ½ years later), the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast hit 100,000 downloads! To celebrate, I’m answering rapid-fire questions from our community and announcing a giveaway! Listen in to learn how you can enter. For show notes, visit www.savvys...
114. How Retailers Can Raise Prices Confidently
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - March 10, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsOne of my values for Savvy Shopkeeper is to empower shopkeepers—especially women—to pay themselves. Sometimes, that means kicking fear to the curb and raising prices in our stores. But raising prices can be challenging, especially if you’re worried about how your customers will react. Listen ...
113. Nine Retail Business Funding Options
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - March 03, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWhether you’re just starting or already growing your retail store, deciding how you’re going to fund your business can be a challenge. Do you take on debt? Do you fund everything yourself? Do you look for a business partner who can invest? In today’s episode, I’m sharing nine potential funding...
112. Loss Prevention: Safety Tips To Protect You, Your Team, and Your Retail Business
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - February 24, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsCrime is a reality for retailers of all sizes. And while I’m not an expert in loss prevention, I did have a 20-year career in law enforcement before becoming a shopkeeper. In today’s episode, I’m sharing tips from my own experience and from our group members to help keep you, your team, and y...
111. Slow Seasons Don’t Define Your Business
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - February 17, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsEvery retailer experiences slow seasons. But it can be tough not to take a slow month personally—especially if you’re having a quiet January after a fantastic December or Q4! So what can you do to make it through or even embrace a slow season? Listen in to learn the mindset shifts that have h...
110. Don't Manage Time, Manage Your MIND!
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - February 10, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsTime management can be a touchy subject with shopkeepers because we are overwhelmed with all of our daily tasks—and we don’t manage our minds around this topic. So what can we do to improve our time management? Listen in to hear about my own struggles with time management, learn the truth abo...
109. Retail Sales Per Square Foot
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - February 03, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsMany years ago, my sister and I considered moving to a different brick-and-mortar location. The first question a commercial realtor asked us was, “what is your sales per square foot?” I’m sure the look on my face said it all! Her question is what first prompted me to fall into the Google black...
108. What to Do When Aspiring Retailers Want to Learn From You and Your Retail Business
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - January 27, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsMany of the shopkeepers in the Savvy Shopkeeper community have had aspiring store owners—usually complete strangers!—DM them on Instagram or walk into their stores and ask to learn from them. Although some of these requests can be malicious, most of the time, they’re made with the best of intent...
107. Store Layout & Merchandising Tips
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - January 20, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIf I look back at pictures of our store when we first opened, I cringe. I can’t believe people shopped with us! But you know what, they did—and many have stayed on the journey with us. Over the past eight years, we’ve worked hard to learn everything we can about merchandising, store layout, a...
106. REPLAY 42. Women, Stop Diminishing Yourselves
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - January 13, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWelcome to episode 106 of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast. I’m your host, Kathy Cruz. We’re wrapping up our 100 episode celebration today! To celebrate this milestone (it’s a big one in podcasting) we decided to share 6 of the most popular previously published episodes. And today you’re ge...
BONUS EPISODE: 2022 Retail CEO Challenge
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - January 09, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThe 2022 Retail CEO Challenge is here! This is one offer that I often receive messages about! Many of you have asked for me to bring this back after I hosted the 2021 Retail CEO Challenge. So I brought it back and I made improvements to this year's challenge! The challenge and everything that ...
105. REPLAY 2. How Much do I Need to Make in Sales in Order to Pay Myself? {Sales to Salary Calculator}
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - January 06, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsTo celebrate 100 episodes of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast, we are replaying 6 of the most popular episodes in December and January. We chose the top 6 based on most downloaded, downloaded the most in relation to days published AND episodes that are the most popular with all of you. Even...
104. REPLAY 3. An Instagram Blueprint for Shopkeepers
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - December 30, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsTo celebrate 100 episodes of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast, we are replaying 6 of the most popular episodes in December and January. We chose the top 6 based on most downloaded, downloaded the most in relation to days published AND episodes that are the most popular with all of you. Even...
103. REPLAY 80. The Dead Inventory Scale
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - December 23, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsTo celebrate 100 episodes of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast, we are replaying 6 of the most popular episodes. Today, you’ll be hearing one of those episodes. Even if you listened to the episodes we chose for these replays, I highly encourage you to listen again! You might just catch somet...
102. REPLAY 85. How to Embrace the #1 Social Media Trend: Video
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - December 16, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsTo celebrate 100 episodes of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast, we are replaying 6 of the most popular episodes in December and January. Even if you listened to the episodes we chose for these replays, I highly encourage you to listen again! You might just catch something that you didn’t hea...
101. REPLAY Ep. 44 The Retail Profit Pie
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - December 09, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsTo celebrate 100 episodes of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast, starting today we are replaying 6 of the most popular episodes. We chose the top 6 based on most downloaded, downloaded the most in relation to days published AND episodes that are the most popular with all of you. Even if you l...
100. What I’ve Learned From 100 Episodes of the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - December 02, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIt’s a special day for the Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast: we’ve published a milestone 100 episodes! I’ve learned so much about the independent retail industry, micro shopkeepers, my own business, and myself throughout the past two years. Listen in to hear the most valuable lessons I’ve lear...
99. Savvy Shopkeeper's Special Goal for 2022
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - November 29, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsEach year, the Savvy Support Fund helps shopkeepers access educational opportunities that are just out of reach. In 2022, I want to cover all the expenses for four shopkeepers attending the Savvy Shopkeeper Retreat—including travel, accommodations, and event tickets. In this episode, I’m shar...
98. Ten Things Retailers Can Expect in 2022
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - November 18, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsAs we head into the last few weeks of 2021, it’s normal to start thinking about the upcoming year. And there’s a lot of advice out there for bigger businesses! But what can smaller indie retailers expect in 2022? After doing a little research and reflecting on what worked this year, I’m shari...
97. Six Reasons Why Shopkeepers Resist Delegation (and How to Embrace it Instead!)
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - November 11, 2021 12:17 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsAs shopkeepers, it can be challenging to start hiring help—especially when we’re used to doing everything ourselves. Even when we begin to hire, it can still be hard to give up control of all the tasks we’re used to doing on our own. Growing your store, though, happens when you’re able to do s...
96. Retail Success is Subjective
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - November 04, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsSocial media, the internet, and technology make it challenging to define “success.” It’s all too easy to compare your business to the businesses with 25, 50, or 100k followers. Not to mention the businesses with massive revenue numbers or lines out their doors at events! In the end, you find y...
95. Dreaming and Risk-Taking…When is it Okay?
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - October 28, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsI often focus so much on educating retail business owners about the business side of things that I forget to remind you: it’s okay to dream. It’s okay to take risks. And it’s okay to nurture our souls. But how do we make our dreams a reality? Inspired by a recent post in the Master Shopkeepers...
94. Everything Crashes...But Your Business Doesn't Have To
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - October 21, 2021 11:05 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsMost of us know that Facebook and Instagram crashed on October 4th. No one could refresh, post, comment, share, run ads, nothing, nada…. for around 6 hours. The panic for some was real! So aside from Facebook and Instagram, how can you diversify your marketing and communicate with your custome...
93. Nine Tips to Help Indie Retailers Mitigate Supply Chain Issues
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - October 14, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsEvery time you see another article about supply chain issues in the retail industry, do you cringe a little bit? It happened to me the other day. A two-minute segment came up about this topic on the nightly news, and I thought, “do I really want to watch this or listen to this again?” As a Sh...
92. Community Matters
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - October 07, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWe recently had the first Savvy Shopkeeper Retreat, and it was such a special and magical weekend. It was even better than I imagined! A large part of the credit for all the special touches at the retreat goes to members of our very own Savvy Shopkeeper community. I can wholeheartedly say tha...
BONUS: 2 Year Podcastversary!
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - September 30, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThere's so much to share after the retreat! Here's a recap of what I'm talking about in this bonus episode: Shopkeeper Stories recap My fitness journey update The 2021 Retreat 2 year podcast anniversary Master Shopkeepers Tundra's BIG announcement and October promotion. Click HERE t...
BONUS: 2 Year Podcastversary!
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - September 30, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThere's so much to share after the retreat! Here's a recap of what I'm talking about in this bonus episode: Shopkeeper Stories recap My fitness journey update The 2021 Retreat 2 year podcast anniversary Master Shopkeepers Tundra's BIG announcement and October promotion. Click HERE t...
91. Shopkeeper Stories with Lisa of Bridenbaker Designs
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - September 23, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsIn our last Shopkeeper Story of 2021, we’re chatting with Lisa of Bridenbaker Designs. Lisa never expected to be a full-time artist and shop owner—she originally got her degree in law enforcement! As part of her degree, she took a few art therapy electives that got her hooked on creating. Mix...
90. Shopkeeper Stories with Katsie of Rough Around the Etches
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - September 16, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsThis week’s Shopkeeper Story comes from someone near and dear to my heart: my best friend of 30 years, Katsie! Katsie never considered herself a maker. But when her boss wanted custom-etched glasses for the company’s holiday party, she found herself learning a new skill. Now, Katsie regularly ...
89. Shopkeeper Stories With Rachel of Rachel Alvarez Art
Savvy Shopkeeper Retail Podcast - September 09, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsWhen Rachel started painting during her infant son’s naptime, she was going through a minor identity crisis. She’d just transitioned from a 15-year career in retail management to a stay-at-home mom. Rachel’s stolen moments of painting quickly bloomed into a successful art business. Now, she s...
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