Ana Paula Garrido

Jan 22, 2024 | retailinginsight.com | Jacki Smith |Steve Gordon |Dean Evenson |Ana Paula Garrido

As an insightful retailer, the pursuit of spiritual balance is the cornerstone to your success. Yet, in the changing economy of independent retail stores, the drive to keep revenue at an optimal level while staying profitable can dry up the spiritual balance of your business. When your balance tips to a hyper-focus on money, culture, well-being, health, productivity, and employee retention will suffer.

Jan 22, 2024 | retailinginsight.com | Christian Kurz |Ana Paula Garrido |Steve Gordon |Dean Evenson

From the moment we are born, and throughout our lives, we are actors performing on a stage. As William Shakespeare said in his play As You Like It, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances. And one man in his time plays many parts.”When we are born, we enter the world with a spiritual identity and spiritual nature that, for many people, is most innate in childhood.

Sep 12, 2023 | retailinginsight.com | Jacki Smith |Kim Perkins |Ana Paula Garrido |Anna Jedrziewski

Embracing the magic of execution — the key to independent retail shop success — is the third article in a series that explores the four pillars of a successful business. These pillars, based on the book, Scaling Up, by Verne Harnish, helped me increase my revenue and profits 10-fold. With the business roller coaster ride of the past three years combined with the unsteady retail economy, this is the perfect time to get back to basics and I am bringing you with me.