Tag: Strategy Session
DIR Oct. 2017 Editor’s Note: Take a Walk
As a retailer, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day operations of running a business—from product selection and credit issues to employee...
DIR January 5, 2017 Editor’s Note
Once again, it’s hard to believe we’ve turned the calendar to a new year. It’s the time of year where we all take a...
Strategy Session: Maximizing Millennials
I was fortunate enough to be invited to the PRO convention in Scottsdale, Arizona, last week. And thanks to the brilliant programming of Mark...
DIR Jan. 6, 2016 Editor’s Note: CES 2016
It’s hard to believe that an entire year has gone by already, but here we are again at in Las Vegas at CES 2016....
Strategy Session: Sony—One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Neal Manowitz joined Sony in 1993, working on video-based imaging products, and spent his first 10 years working on launches in new categories like...
Strategy Session: What’s So Great about E and i?
I read a very interesting article in the New York Times last week that got me thinking. The title of the article said it...
Strategy Session: E-tailer of the Year 2015—The DNA That Drives Adorama’s...
Mendel Mendlowits came to the U.S. from Europe in the 1960s with two Leicas, a love of gadgets and an understanding that photography has...
Strategy Session: Is There a Printing Franchise Already in Your Store?
I received a call from Steve Weiss, president and CEO of Creve Coeur Camera near St. Louis, who was excited to tell me about...
Strategy Session: Let’s Just Call It Mirrorless Already!
I’ve sat back patiently for months, waiting for the imaging industry to rally around a name for the mirrorless/compact system camera/ILC category, hoping that...
Strategy Session: Camera Land—Finding Greener Pastures on Long Island
The first thing I noticed about Joel Paymer when I went to visit him at his new store in Old Bethpage, Long Island, was...