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		<title>Toy Fair Preview, Part 3</title>
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		<dc:creator>Poornima Apte</dc:creator>
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		<title>Toy Fair Preview, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s guest post is from Poornima Apte, Editor-in-Chief of GIFT SHOP Magazine and Specialty Retail Report. The winter markets are all set to ring in another year of exciting product launches and brisk business. Here is a sneak peek at some of the exciting finds you can expect at the winter 2012 edition of Toy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toy Fair Preview, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Winter Shows Preview, Take 4</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2012/01/18/winter-shows-preview-take-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima Apte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s guest post is from Poornima Apte, Editor-in-Chief of GIFT SHOP Magazine and Specialty Retail Report. The winter markets are all set to ring in another year of exciting product launches and brisk business. Here&#039;s a final peek at more of the exciting finds you can expect this winter. Vance Kitira 800.646.6360 • vancekitira.com Bountiful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Shows Preview, Take 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s guest post is from Poornima Apte, Editor-in-Chief of GIFT SHOP Magazine and Specialty Retail Report. The winter markets are all set to ring in another year of exciting product launches and brisk business. Here&#039;s a sneak peek at more of the exciting finds you can expect this winter. The WillowBrook Company 888.877.3132 • freshscents.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Shows Preview, Take 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s guest post is from Poornima Apte, Editor-in-Chief of GIFT SHOP Magazine and Specialty Retail Report. The winter markets are all set to ring in another year of exciting product launches and brisk business. Here&#039;s a sneak peek at more of the exciting finds you can expect this winter. Bridgewater Candle Company 877.843.2743 • bridgewatercandles.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Shows Preview, Take 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s guest post is from Poornima Apte, Editor-in-Chief of GIFT SHOP Magazine and Specialty Retail Report. The winter markets are all set to ring in another year of exciting product launches and brisk business. Over the next few days I&#039;m going to give you a sneak peek at some of the exciting finds you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Use of a QR Code in Email Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/12/21/interesting-use-of-a-qr-code-in-email-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I received an interesting email from a flower shop named Rose Red &#038; Lavender in Brooklyn, NY, that included a 20 percent off coupon which uses both a link and a QR code to whisk readers to the shop’s website. I love the simplicity of this email campaign, as well as the use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Sales by Promoting to Last-Minute Shoppers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re now down to the wire for this holiday shopping season. You have just a few remaining days to ring in as many sales and help as many holiday shoppers as possible. How are your sales looking for the season? If you’d like to kick it up a notch here are a few tips you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create Great Interview Questions to Hire Quality Retail Employees – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to a recent post about creating great interview questions during the hiring process, here are some great behavioral questions I encourage you to use for inspiration. I’ve always been a proponent of behavioral interview questions because they allow to get a peek into how a candidate has conducted themselves in the [...]]]></description>
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