St. Charles, MO Area Retailers Have Opportunity to Attend Free Seminar with Local Expert
Retailers will benefit by attending this free seminar with Rich Gordon. His work is designed to provoke thought, offer ideas, inspire, and educate in a to-the-point manner, regarding topics that are critical to running and building a business.

ST. CHARLES, MO, May 12, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Just released, Rich Gordon's new book is aimed at independent specialty retailers looking for a better, more profitable store in 2011 and beyond. Entitled, A Line Out the Door, Gordon received a back cover endorsement by Build-A-Bear founder and CEO, Maxine Clark. He leads his readers through a myriad of ideas and strategies to take their stores' performance levels to new sales and profitability heights. "I wrote this book," he said, "for those retailers who feel they've taken their business to a certain level, but feel they've hit a plateau."

WHAT: Local retailers will benefit firsthand by attending this free seminar with Rich Gordon, sponsored on behalf of the Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau. Gordon's work is designed to provoke thought, offer ideas, inspire, and educate in a to-the-point manner, regarding topics that are important and sometimes critical to running and building a business. "I've tried to share strategies," Gordon adds, "learned the hard way, as a result of working in the retail trenches." Throughout, he focuses on those things which address sales, marketing, customer service, merchandising as well as hiring and motivating staff.

WHERE & Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau - 230 South Main Street, St. Charles, MO 63301 (636-946-7776) - Reservations are Required

WHEN: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - Noon

ALSO: Gordon spent over 24 years in a retail career that spanned a variety of positions from creating an experimental department for a well-known mass merchandiser, to trouble-shooting for senior management. He also worked with a retail dealer organization that helped build Apple computer through its early history, before starting his own specialty store business serving upscale clientele. Gordon's own business spawned two other businesses, one serving Fortune 500 clients and a gift tin business that provided product for other retailers. These experiences became the grad school of Gordon's long retail education. Today, he is known as Retail Rich, where he hosts his own blog/website at www.retailrichez.com, dedicated to helping small independent retailers. For more information, please contact Rich Gordon directly at richlgordon@retailrichez.com.

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Rich Gordon
Retail Redefined
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3002 Paddlewheel Court
St. Charles, MO
USA 63303
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