You’ve Got A Friend
Technology. Friend? Or Foe? To many independent retailers, technology is the antithesis of such time-tested business virtues as handpicked assortments,…
Food For Thought : Peter Giannetti, Editor-in-Chief
Taking Stock
It’s inventory time — a time to assess what sold through, what’s left on the shelves and what the shopping…
What’s Your Story?
Allow me to wax nostalgic about retailing for a moment. Remember when the brand on the outside of a store…
The All-Star Difference
Welcome to the 2017 GOURMET INSIDER® All-Stars issue. This year we honor Laura and Stephen Havlek of Sign of the…
A Cut Above
Independent kitchenware retailers don’t need to be reminded how important cutlery is to their business. That doesn’t mean they can’t…
Experience Is On Your Side
If you haven’t noticed, “Experience” is the buzzword du jour in retailing as veteran store operators of all sizes and…
Eyes On The Unexpected Prize
Independent kitchenware retailers barely get a chance to add up their holiday receipts before hitting the road for the busy…
Charting A New Course
Well, we’re near the end of quite a year, marked by up-and-down sales cycles that have become predictably unpredictable and…
Drop Everything
The recent GOURMET INSIDER® retail roundtable, which took place at the summer Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, served…
Mobilize Your Response
Independent gourmet housewares retailers are meeting with vendors at the summer shows to assess first-half performance as they mobilize second-half…
Power Up
Kitchen electrics can seem like a compulsory, unappetizing category for many gourmet kitchenware shops. Independent retailers often struggle to remain…
Connect & Adapt
It should be encouraging news to gourmet kitchenware retailers that Main Street shopping is in vogue again. The small-store experience…
A Decade Of Gourmet Insider
Welcome to 2016, which also happens to mark the 10th anniversary year of GOURMET INSIDER®. As the gourmet housewares world…
Defining Moment
There’s been lots of chatter recently about the so-called convergence of the housewares and gift businesses. There was even…
All-Star Blueprint
Welcome to the fifth annual GOURMET INSIDER® All-Stars edition. Join me in congratulating this year’s All-Stars: Brad Pitner of Coastal…
Food For Thought: Turning Talk Into Action
With first-half planning already in the books, it’s time to turn talk into action for the second-half push. This is…