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Mr. Good News Comes A’Calling–or, How We Came Up With the Good News About Retailing Name

As we approach our 10th anniversary, we’ve been talking a good deal about the early days at The Armarium Press. One of the questions we’ve been asked most over the years (other than “so, what is an armarium?”) is how … Continue reading

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Good News Comes to Vegas (and the AQUA Retail Show)

Nothing like a quick road trip to Vegas! Sales trainer Eddy Kay was scheduled to teach a seminar at the 2002 AQUA Retail Conference and Expo earlier this month. The annual event for pool and spa retailers seemed the ideal … Continue reading

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CEA President Gary Shapiro Pens Foreword for Author Eddy Kay

Thanks to retail sales trainer Eddy Kay’s popularity in the consumer electronics industry (in particular, among the independent mobile electronics retailers whose ranks he once belonged to), we were able to secure none other than Gary Shapiro to write the … Continue reading

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Chill the Bubbly! We Got Into Publisher’s Weekly!

We figured it was worth a shot. Sure, the bible of the book industry, Publisher’s Weekly, gets hundreds if not thousands of unsolicited books for review every day of the week. Still, we thought the contrarian and optimistic message of … Continue reading

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