Business Insights

Audio Retailer Renaissance: Part 3

Ended soon What will a successful next-generation audio retailer look like? We already know plenty of examples from the extant luxury and custom installation side of…

Audio Retailer Renaissance: Part 2

Ended soon We at bluesalve Partners confidently predict that the audio industry is heading into a major new growth phase. Fresh incentives such as lossless and…

Audio Retailer Renaissance: Part 1

Ended soon Barrels of ink have been spilled over the past 20-plus years regarding the decline of the specialty audio retailer. The visits to the local…

Marketing: The Enduring Secret Sauce

Ended soon Written by: Lew Brown, Partner, bluesalve Partners In the course of our work we often come across companies that don’t consider marketing to be…

Execution Genius Part II: Know Thy Customer

Ended soon In the course of our work, we’re often struck by how many of our clients have only a broad idea of who their target…

Supply Chain Pains: Rethinking Inventory Turns

Ended soon While adapting to the ongoing supply chain disruptions, many small and mid-sized companies are learning the art of improvisation. Learning on the fly often…

Supply Chain Pains: Vendor Blues

Supply Chain Pains – Shortages, delays, and gouges

Ended soon Supply Chain Pains: Vendor Blues As shortages, delays and gouges reverberate throughout the supply chain, many companies that sell physical products are stuck in…

The Chips Are Down. Now What?

Ended soon There often comes a moment in business, as in life, where something that’s long been taken for granted suddenly isn’t. The worldwide shortage of…

Don’t Be Reactionary to Supply Chain Issues

Ended soon Back in the early days of the Internet, I gained a modest following for putting forth the idea that when it comes to working…

Execution Is the Chariot of Genius

Ended soon The timeless quote for this headline comes from William Blake and ends up on the signature line of all my emails. Before I came…