Leslie Carothers
Hi, I'm Leslie Carothers, principal of The Kaleidoscope Partnership, a national company specializing in helping retailers and manufacturers use the internet and their websites to powerfully drive traffic and profitability. I have been involved in all aspects of the retail home furnishings business for over 25 years-especially with respect to sales, sales training, writing, speaking and consulting. By writing this blog, I hope to educate, inform and stimulate you to try new ideas in your own businesses that can help you make money and engage with today's customers in ways that are fun, personalized and relevant -to them. I welcome all of your comments so we can have a shared dialogue benefitting our entire industry. Please feel free to call me at 713-705.2482 or either email me:
Title: Retail Ideas Columnist
Email: leslie@tkpartnership.com
Retail IdeasLink This | Email This | Comments (10) What I learned about the 'Green' consumerThe green consumer is not who you think it is. This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending www.d2eboston.com to represent my client, BiOH polyols (makers of a soy based ingredient used in cushions and mattresses- www.BiOH.com ) at the exhibit space of one of BiOH’s retail partners-Circle Furniture. Circle is a well known independent Boston area retailer with six stores and a... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (9) Message of hope to our industry CEOsLeaders: I may be wrong, but please read on. Right now, I know each of you are taking the actions-hour by hour - that are necessary for the survival of your businesses. After 27 years of getting to know many of you, whether retailer, manufacturer or supplier- I know you are a group of people who care deeply about the impact your decisions on the lives of each of your stakeholders. I... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Ask Me in Las VegasOn Sunday, I will be in Las Vegas. I am on Twitter as @tkpleslie. Let’s talk. If you will sign up for Twitter and ask me your questions, I will answer them as fast as I can-in real time. The more of you that participate with me in the conversation, the richer the learning and the faster questions, ideas, products can spread. Here is how it works: Go to www.twitter.com . Sign up.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (5) Partnering For Survivalyourfurniturelink.com is the brilliant idea of Mig and Tig and Mortise and Tenon -two retailers in different parts of the country partnering to help furniture manufacturers whether the economic tsunami currently facing our country. Before you go further, please read that first sentence again. What DIDN’T I write? This: two retailers partnering to help each other. What DID i... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (8) I am a Twitterholic...Yes, it’s true. My name is Leslie and I am a Twitterholic. Don’t go away,though, because the reason why I’m addicted may be of interest to you if you want to reach your potential customers directly, measurably and for free. Last October, on the first day of the High Point Market , I was thinking…”What can I do to show my readers the power of social media... More |
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