TYTUS Grills, a recent entrant in the outdoor living space whose grills can be assembled in less than five minutes with no tools or additional parts needed, recently launched its new partnership with Nationwide Marketing Group.
Independent Thinking Magazine
What’s Happening in Outdoor Living?
If you’re not selling products in the outdoor living space, you’re missing out on one of the hottest and most profitable categories for Independent retailers.
The Secret Weapon for Independent Retailers to Compete with Giants: Nationwide Marketing Group
The best way to beat the giants is by offering something that they can’t. Discover our important new programs around “connected home,” differentiated business services offerings, and exciting new technologies that can help you improve the overall shopping experience for your customers.
February 2020 Letter from Our Chief Member Advocate
The last year went by in the blink of an eye, and with sights set on 2020, Nationwide Marketing Group Chief Member Advocate Tom Hickman explains why this year is going to be HUGE for independent retailers.
It’s Time for RTO to Look and Act More Like Retail
With traditional retailers jumping into the lease-to-own (LTO) or lease purchase transaction and trying to capture that elusive customer who cannot qualify for or does not want additional credit, it is more important than ever for traditional brick and mortar...
Attracting New Customers in the Digital Age
The internet is filled with high-quality, content-rich websites that are designed to attract new customers and keep them there. How? With elements such as consumer reviews, easily navigable menus, extensive catalogs full of pictures and information and interactive...
How Leak Detection Can Save The Day
I’ve said it before, and I’m sure you have, too – the smart home has moved out of the “Jetson’s” era and into the everyday and necessary. Never was this more evident than on a recent business trip when, in the middle of a meeting, I got an odd alert on my phone. This...
The Rise of Connected Home
The smart home is no longer a gimmick or a fad but instead has become a part of millions of households worldwide. From the simplest of daily routines – such as turning your lights or music on or off – to protecting what matters to you most, your family, there’s a good...
Investing “Outside In”
If your business is like that of other Nationwide Marketing Group members, it’s pretty good right now. While some uncertainty remains for the future, the economy has stabilized, consumer confidence is at an all-time high and independent retailers are winning! With...
Member Spotlight: Hudson’s Appliance Center
From tragedy to triumph, Vince and Kristina Clarkson, the husband-and-wife owners of Hudson’s Appliance Center in Paradise, California, proved that even a historically devastating wildfire couldn’t bring their business down.
Nationwide Learning Academy: Learning, Sharing, Succeeding Together
None of us is as smart as all of us. Ken Blanchard wrote those words in his book The One Minute Manager, and the principal behind them has been in play for centuries. Never has one individual conquered challenge with greater ease than could a group of like-minded...
Nationwide Digital Rewards Offers “One Marketing Umbrella”
When we rolled out the Nationwide Digital Rewards program at PrimeTime earlier this year, it was as if the stars of software had aligned for members. Previously, many retailers felt that they had to pick and choose among the products in the Retailer Web Services...
The Changing Landscape of Appliance Sales
By all accounts, the appliance industry has been less than robust so far this year. Although we came into 2019 expecting a slight decline in volume, those expectations actually turned out to be optimistic. As we made the turn out of Q1, the industry was down 7% in...
Nationwide Executive Leadership Summit: Three Days Dedicated to Transformation
Your Nationwide organization has very publicly stated the group’s five core commitments to you, our members. Everything our teams do is hyper-focused on delivering on these five promises. Some of these commitments are easily defined and have been created to be easy...
Win with ENERGY STAR
For more than 25 years, many Nationwide Marketing Group members and vendors have recognized that they can profitably grow their products and services business, build lasting and successful relationships with consumers, and make more money by presenting and selling...
The New Path to Purchase
In the “old days” (10 years ago), customers found and bought the items we sell differently than they do today. It used to be that customers would visit multiple stores, where they would be educated on the products that they needed. After comparing features and...
Websites, Who Needs ‘Em?
I was sitting at home yesterday when my doorbell rang. I opened the door, and no one was there. Instead, I noticed a box sitting on my front step. I grabbed the box and opened it up. Inside was everything from hand towels and sheets to spices and a little plastic cube...
Make Your Marketing with NMG Agency Services
For the last few years, Nationwide Marketing Group has asked what the outstanding challenges are for you, our members, to see where we can help most. An answer that popped up consistently in those discussions was “marketing.” Because while you’re focused every day on...
A Deeper Dive into Furniture Imports
Nationwide Marketing Group Furniture Director Johnny Lamp recently provided a great overview of the tariff issue and explains the varying approaches vendors and retailers are taking in their response. However, I want to take a moment to share some data that puts the...
Navigating the Uncertain Landscape of Tariff Issues
Over the years, furniture retailers have become well versed on how to handle the unpredictable and rocky terrain that is the retail landscape. Recessions, declining consumer sentiment, natural disasters and increasing consumer debt have become familiar obstacles. But...