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SUMMARY:Retail Revival Competing with Big Boxes: How Independent Retailers Win and Keep Customers
DESCRIPTION:Competing in the age of Amazon and being creative in a dynamic retail landscape is not an easy task when you are digging out of a sales slump or struggling with minimum wage increases and workforce shortages. Can we do a better job giving the big boxes a run for their money? \n\nSolano SBDC is very excited to kick off National Small Business Week with visiting guest retail expert Marc Willson to better explain how we can do just that! Marc has visited more than 2\,000 communities bringing his expertise from the Virginia SBDC Small Town Business and Merchant Program helping independent retailers can out maneuver the competition.\n\nJoin the Solano Small Business Development Center for our own Retail Revival. \n\nTraining topics include:\n\n\n	Social platform maneuvering\n	Building on community involvement\n	Connecting with your customer\n	Creating a destination location\n	Digital marketing campaigns\n	The value of your website
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em\; cursor: default\; line-height: 1.85em\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;">Competing in the age of Amazon and being creative in a dynamic retail landscape is not an easy task when you are digging out of a sales slump or struggling with minimum wage increases and workforce shortages.&nbsp\;Can we do a better job giving the big boxes a run for their money?&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em\; cursor: default\; line-height: 1.85em\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Solano SBDC is very excited to kick off&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">National Small Business Week</strong>&nbsp\;with visiting guest retail expert Marc Willson to better explain how we can do just that!&nbsp\;Marc has visited more than 2\,000 communities bringing his expertise from the Virginia SBDC&nbsp\;<em style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Small Town Business and Merchant Program</em>&nbsp\;helping independent retailers can out maneuver the competition.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em\; cursor: default\; line-height: 1.85em\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Join the Solano Small Business Development Center for our own Retail Revival.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em\; cursor: default\; line-height: 1.85em\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Training topics include:</span></p>\n\n<ul style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-type: disc\; line-height: 1.85em\; margin-left: 25px\; margin-bottom: 1em\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Social platform maneuvering</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-type: disc\; line-height: 1.85em\; margin-left: 25px\; margin-bottom: 1em\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Building on community involvement</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-type: disc\; line-height: 1.85em\; margin-left: 25px\; margin-bottom: 1em\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Connecting with your customer</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-type: disc\; line-height: 1.85em\; margin-left: 25px\; margin-bottom: 1em\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Creating a destination location</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-type: disc\; line-height: 1.85em\; margin-left: 25px\; margin-bottom: 1em\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Digital marketing campaigns</span></li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; list-style-type: disc\; line-height: 1.85em\; margin-left: 25px\; margin-bottom: 1em\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">The value of your website</span></li>\n</ul>\n
LOCATION:Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce 1111 Webster Street Fairfield\, CA 94533
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URL:https://business.fairfieldsuisunchamber.com/events/details/retail-revival-competing-with-big-boxes-how-independent-retailers-win-and-keep-customers-4330
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