AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Bard gets it spectacularly right: indie retailers conference was a massive triumph and can only get better and bigger.(EDITORIAL)
When the team at retailers' association Bard first spoke seriously about organising an indie retailers' conference, they hoped for around 50 or so to turn up. And even that was considered optimistic.
In that context, last week's inaugural event in Birmingham was a massive triumph for all involved. Anyone who scanned the gathering of more than 150 retailers could see that with their own eyes.
The initial caution was understandable. There have been occasions in the past when such retail gatherings have scarcely managed to draw delegates in double figures. But what last week's event demonstrated is that if you get it right, such an event will flourish.
Independent retail is a high risk, seat-of-the-pants experience at the best of times and a day off the shop floor is not easy to justify.
But the overwhelming verdict from those retailers I spoke to last Wednesday was that Bard--Kim Bayley, Paul Quirk and all--got it spectacularly right.
There will always be gripes. At least a couple of the major groups' presentations were criticised for failing to take the audience into account and leaving in some of the more "supermarket-focussed" projects, but independent retail is a broad sector and while ...
- Feet on the street; 'Master agents,' indie retailers serve the grass...
- Magazine article from: RCR Wireless News May 5, 2008 700+ words
...cameras, GPS, browsers and mobile TV into the handset, indie retailers can struggle to explain the evolving value proposition...closely aligned with Verizon Wireless to address 2,000 indie retailers in California, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas and...
- Retailers hail debut indie event: Bard Indie Conference to build on debut event...
- Magazine article from: Music Week Cardew, Ben October 1, 2005 700+ words
...The presentation included video messages of thanks to indie retailers from artists, including The Magic Numbers, Athlete and...independent retail in his introductory speech. "Specialist and indie retailers are the lifeblood of the industry. Independent record shops...
- Indie retailers get help in taking reservations. (IN THE NEWS).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Video Business Netherby, Jennifer November 19, 2001 700+ words
RentMoviesNow.com is testing an Internet system that will assist independent retailers in providing for online rental reservations, similar to the service Blockbuster is trying out in a handful of markets. Video Hits, in the Dallas suburb of Wylie, will be the first store to go online for a trial
- Indie retailers ask courts to enforce FAIRness in pricing.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Video Business December 20, 1999 700+ words
After nearly two years of talk, as the year independent retailers took landmark legal action against Blockbuster, charging the retailer and the major Hollywood studios with participating in preferential pricing agreements. Under the organizational leadership of the newly formed Fairness Alliance of
- Indie retailers gravitate toward West End in Portland.
- Magazine article from: Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland May 19, 2008 700+ words
Byline: Nathalie Weinstein Flanked by the hipster haven Ace Hotel and blocks from powerhouse retailers such as Nordstrom, independently owned retail boutiques are staking a claim in Portland's burgeoning West End business district. In the last two months, two new clothing shops, Covet and Frances
- Indie retailers say they suffer as chains boost advertising. (video stores)
- Magazine article from: Video Business Wilson, Wendy Villa, Joan August 31, 1998 700+ words
The recent spate of TV commercials by major chains has some smaller retailers questioning the adage that such advertising helps all rental stores, especially when it guarantees availability of hit titles. Randy Botnick, owner of New Release Video, Atlanta, and president of the 24-store buying group
- Indie retailers sought for rev-sharing test.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Video Business November 22, 1999 700+ words
* The Video Software Dealers Association's Independent Retail Advisory Committee has been soliciting feedback on an indie-friendly revenue-sharing test with the retail community. Committee member Rick Woodroof confirmed the group's outreach efforts, stating, "What we've done is approach people we
- Indie retailers dealt setback in FAIR suits.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Video Business Garrett, Diane Sweeting, Paul March 19, 2001 700+ words
A federal judge batted down independent retailers' attempt to streamline their antitrust battle against Blockbuster and the major studios, denying the group's motion to withdraw claims related to California law from their ongoing federal case in Texas. The setback is largely tactical--and
- Indie retailers ponder separate trade group. (Independent Video Retailers Assn.)
- Magazine article from: Video Business Villa, Joan October 12, 1998 700+ words
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Independent Video Retailers Group president Bob Webb challenged independent retailers to "demand" that the Video Software Dealers Association "give us more for our money." Or, he said, "we need to form a separate organization and do it ourselves." At an early-morning rally
- More indie retailers ponder using Rentrak.
- Magazine article from: Video Business Villa, Joan March 16, 1998 700+ words
In the wake of Blockbuster Entertainment's deal to buy titles from Rentrak Corp. (VB, 3/9), some independent retailers are giving new scrutiny to revenue-sharing as a way to compete in a marketplace increasingly driven by depth of hit titles. "I think I have to call my attorney and send the