by Al Pickett | Jun 20, 2026 | Management, Retail
Through out my fifty-some years on this earth I have had the opportunity to make casual acquaintance with several wealthy people. Some I have worked for and talked to on a daily basis; others from a more distant perspective. I like to group the wealthy people that I...
by Al Pickett | Jun 20, 2026 | Customers, Retail
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down, I had the radio on, I was stocking. Wait a minute, those words are accurate, but sound vaguely like my favorite Tom Petty song. It was a beautiful day in September. One of those rare Indian Summer days with the temperature...
by Al Pickett | Jun 20, 2026 | Customers, Retail
COMB OR BRUSH I was trying to help an elderly gentleman by pulling his shopping cart to a shorter line and I wasn’t making much progress. The harder I pulled the harder he pulled back. I said “I’ve got a shorter line down here that will save you some waiting time. ...
by Al Pickett | Jun 20, 2026 | Management, Retail
I took about four deep breaths and tried to relax; the GRAND OPENING was over !!! It all started four weeks earlier when the great minds at the corporate office on the east coast decided that our company needed a change in image. The announcement came down: YOUR...
by Al Pickett | Jun 20, 2026 | Retail
Remember when you were a kid and you made up shows or plays to put on in the neighborhood. What, you never did that? Boy did you miss out. I think that is where my creative juices started flowing. I remember pretending to be Pat Boone, crooning out the latest love...
