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	<itunes:summary>Small business tips, strategies, tactics and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Topics include: retail fraud, small business marketing, merchandising, inventory and goal settting. Sponsored by Moneris Solutions.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Andy Buyting</itunes:author>
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		<title>Free Webinars for Small Business Owners</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently looking for some inspiration and new topics and noticed that Bizlaunch.ca is running a series of (FREE) webinars taloired to small business owners.  They cover numerous topics and are running throughout the year.
Some topics that caught my attention:

Simple Systems to Manage Your Time and Build a Great Business
Sources of Finance for Business [...]<p><a href="http://www.myretailer.ca/index.php/free-webinars-for-small-business-owners/">Free Webinars for Small Business Owners</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.myretailer.ca">myRetailer.ca</a></p>
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		<title>Find Your Fire Highlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find Your Fire event at Ryerson University was a tremendous success.
Click here to view the video highlights and podcasts.
Zoran Kocovski, Principal of Sassafraz kicked off the event and shared his passion for the restaurant industry with a tribute to his journey to becoming one of Toronto’s foremost dining destinations. The round table panel then engaged [...]<p><a href="http://www.myretailer.ca/index.php/find-your-fire-highlights/">Find Your Fire Highlights</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.myretailer.ca">myRetailer.ca</a></p>
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		<title>Speak the Language of Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Optimize your marketing tactics and understand the lingo your customers speak. 
 
I heard a presenter the other day speak about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) marketing. He reminded us to always speak to your customers. Duh! No kidding! Shouldn’t we always speak to our customers?
 
What he was trying to drive home is that when searching for mattresses, most people will not [...]<p><a href="http://www.myretailer.ca/index.php/speak-the-language-of-customers/">Speak the Language of Customers</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.myretailer.ca">myRetailer.ca</a></p>
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		<title>Flowers, Spas and Jewellery Among Top Mother&#8217;s Day Purchases in Canada</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reliable Point-of-Sale Solutions Crucial for Florists Who Process Up to Three Per Cent of Annual Business on Mother&#8217;s Day Alone
Canadians certainly love their moms, lavishing them with flowers, spa treatments and jewellery for Mother&#8217;s Day 2009. Point-of-sale results from Moneris Solutions, Canada&#8217;s largest provider of payment processing solutions, reveals that florists across the country experienced [...]<p><a href="http://www.myretailer.ca/index.php/flowers-spas-and-jewellery-among-top-mothers-day-purchases-in-canada/">Flowers, Spas and Jewellery Among Top Mother&#8217;s Day Purchases in Canada</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.myretailer.ca">myRetailer.ca</a></p>
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		<title>Introducing myRetailer.ca</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to a new blog solely dedicated to providing ideas and insight that will help drive success for independent Canadian retailers. I&#8217;m Andy Buyting.

You might be wondering who I am and what I&#8217;m all about. I&#8217;m an independent retailer based in Atlantic Canada. My business, Green Village Home &#38; Garden is one of Canada&#8217;s most successful retail home [...]<p><a href="http://www.myretailer.ca/index.php/introducing-canadian-retailerbiz/">Introducing myRetailer.ca</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.myretailer.ca">myRetailer.ca</a></p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Welcome to a new blog solely dedicated to providing ideas and insight that will help drive success for independent Canadian retailers. I&#039;m Andy Buyting. -  - You might be wondering who I am and what I&#039;m all about.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Welcome to a new blog solely dedicated to providing ideas and insight that will help drive success for independent Canadian retailers. I&#039;m Andy Buyting.

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You might be wondering who I am and what I&#039;m all about. I&#039;m an independent retailer based in Atlantic Canada. My business, Green Village Home &amp; Garden is one of Canada&#039;s most successful retail home &amp; garden stores. My family has operated the business for more than twenty years in Fredericton, N.B..Today we operate two stores in Fredericton and Moncton. We also operate a landscape service company in Fredericton with plans to launch our services toMoncton area residents in time for the 2009 season.

In 2007,I published The Retailer&#039;s Roadmap to Success: 33 Secrets for Driving Your Business to the Next Level.



Like all retailers, I learned much of what I practice the hard way, through the school of hard knocks. I&#039;m also a life-long student of business, taking courses and reading as much as possible.

As a result, we&#039;ve changed the way we do business and Green Village Home &amp; Garden now operates unlike anyone else in the independent retail industry. Our unorthodox way we look at business and run our operations has helped us to embark on expansion plans that will in time, see Green Village Home &amp; Garden locations in multiple sites through Atlantic Canada and beyond.

On this site, I&#039;ll share many of my strategies for success, through articles, podcasts, best practices, videos, and of course blog entries. On this blog, I&#039;ll be sharing many of my thoughts, ideas and experiences on running an independent retail business in the Canadian market.

Good luck and here&#039;s to a successful 2009!

Andy

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