Leslie Carothers
Hi, I'm Leslie Carothers, Chief Energizing Officer of The Kaleidoscope Partnership- a global social media agency started nine years ago for furniture, design and lifestyle brands to provide high level social media strategies along with execution capabilities for our roster of clients on http://tkpartnership.com. Having been in the furniture and luxury design business for the past 29 years, and having worked with consumers, retail sales consultants, retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, designers and the media, I have a decent grasp of our industry and hope, through this column, to give you solid *Retail Ideas* around various facets of social media that will help YOUR business prosper!
Please feel free to start a conversation on my blog by leaving a question or a comment or contact me at any time at leslie@tkpartnership.com, on twitter at @tkpleslie, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/TheKaleidoscopePartnership or through this group I run on Linked In: Social Media for Furniture Retailers, Manufacturers and Suppliers! If you're interested in having me speak to your organization or at your conference about a facet of social media, please email me at the above address.
Title: Retail Ideas Columnist
Email: leslie@tkpartnership.com
Retail IdeasLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Manna from heaven? - A social media miracle for a momThis is the story of a lifetime. It is a story about the generosity of the furniture industry-even as we are facing the worst economic situation of our lives. It is the story of one well respected blogger and his wife . It is the story of one Romanian badly abused Mom and her three children-one with Down’s syndrome- who had run out of options. It is a story of profound hope in the goodness of peop... MoreLink 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 core focus on sus... 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 believe y... 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. It’s free. It takes... 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 write? Two retailers par... More |
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