Diversify, Diversify, Diversify – Chapter 2

By |January 30th, 2025|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, State of the Industry|

Analyzing your current space and assortments and then implementing a growth strategy takes patience, since you shouldn’t just add tons of new inventory willy-nilly. Having great brand-partners should help you build these assortments.

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BTB Insider – Individual Sales Associate Saved Reports

By |January 29th, 2025|Categories: Balance To Buy, Balance to Buy Pro Tips|

We have recently made some updates to the Summary Detail Sales Associate reports which now allow you to create, save and schedule individual reports for each associate.

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Diversify, Diversify, Diversify – Chapter 1

By |January 28th, 2025|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, State of the Industry|

The motivation for this conversation was prompted by an article about Trieber & Staub, a venerable free-standing jeweler in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, who closed after nearly 45 years in business after losing two brands.

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The BIG Picture – Data-Sharing Retailers vs BTB Clients

By |January 23rd, 2025|Categories: Balance To Buy, BIG Network Vendors|

A significant number of the retailers whose data you can find on Balance to Buy are data-sharing retailers - they are sharing data solely to partner with their chosen vendors and do NOT have access to the Balance to Buy platform.

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Lands Collection Joins The BIG Network

By |December 11th, 2024|Categories: BIG Network Vendors, Industry News, Vendor Spotlights|

Lands Collection Joins The BIG Network! The BIG Network helps strengthen our industry through closer collaboration and understanding between retailers and their vendor partners.

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Tip of the Hat – David Geller

By |December 10th, 2024|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, State of the Industry|

David Geller is a 14th generation jeweler who spent 25 years in his own retail store in Atlanta before selling it to an employee in 2000. He then spent the past 25 years building the Geller Blue Book and consulting to thousands of jewelers.

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The BIG Picture – Balance to Buy Learning Center

By |November 6th, 2024|Categories: Balance To Buy, Balance to Buy Pro Tips, BIG Network Vendors|

From general Excel tutorials, to retailer engagement tools and tips, to report recommendations and step-by-step instructions, this is your one-stop shop for help in a pinch and/or a hurry.

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The BIG Picture – Selling Season Prep

By |September 27th, 2024|Categories: Balance To Buy, BIG Network Vendors|

Engage the product leads for the catalog and mapping, start saving and scheduling your favorite reports, and have conversations with your retailer on what they consider to be fast-sellers, what their preferred reorder cadence is, and what their maximum inventory level for your brand might be.

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