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		<title>Controlling your inventory… Not letting it control you.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Retailing is the most competitive and demanding business that anyone could get into, with the exception of professional sports. There are enough retail businesses for over 500 million people but there are only 260 million of us. With thousands of retail stores, the Internet, discounters, changing trends, more selections and hot items, you must move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening business&#8230; Thanksgiving 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year has been tough for lots of people, and Nashville Wraps is no different. But we are doing well because like you we are flexible and in charge of our own direction, growth and destiny for the most part. When times get tough successful businesses that survive actually become better.

Out with the old ways&#8230;in with new. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nashvillewrapscommunity.com/blog/?p=212</link>
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		<title>Why social networking works</title>
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Faces to Facebook. 
Why Social Networking Works
When I go out to eat, or to shop…I have my favorite places. What makes them special? They have what I want, but more to the point, they know me. As a customer I am going to be loyal to those places because I just feel good about being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Gift Wrap Quickly and Profitably</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ How to Gift Wrap Quickly and Profitably
By Kathy Green, Nashville Wraps Packaging Consultant
Offering a gift-wrapping service during the holiday season is an excellent benefit for your customers and an edge for your business. We are all in a hurry as we shop for those special gifts and getting them wrapped even for a fee is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nashvillewrapscommunity.com/blog/?p=165</link>
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		<title>Image Building 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Image begins with the customer&#8217;s first impression&#8230;
You can&#8217;t buy it, bottle it, sell it or acquire it. But you can build it and maintain it. Read on as we examine and re-think a few assumptions about building the image of a business. This is second in our series by Bill Sheldon on &#8220;Business 101&#8243; and is highly revelant to all businesses whether they rely on clicks or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who am I now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this letter early in the morning of November 5th, 2008. It was sent to all our employees at Nashville Wraps as a statement of encouragement. I did not intend to publish it to the internet, but because of requests from several people I decided to put it on our blog at least for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of staples, out of business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your candle shop is out of red candles at this time of year, you may as well tell your customer to shop elsewhere! 
Read about our new series of articles designed to help us all be better, more profitable merchants! Bill Shelton has the talent and insights to lead us through these muddy retailing waters with clarity and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nashvillewrapscommunity.com/blog/?p=105</link>
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		<title>Cheap plastic bags again! &#8230; but from Iranian oil?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business all over the world is in a tailspin. Not only are there core economic issues, low consumer confidence and so forth; now world oil prices are going down. But is cheap oil a good thing? If you are on a budget it is; if you are investing in drilling platforms, maybe not. But drilling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nashvillewrapscommunity.com/blog/?p=96</link>
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		<title>The Grinch or Santa this Year?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to most small business owners we have talked to recently, the nations economic crisis and bailout of Wall Street has made an impact on projections for the short term but hasn&#8217;t influenced the holiday buying season as much as you might think. 75% of customers surveyed have said they expect holiday sales to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nashvillewrapscommunity.com/blog/?p=88</link>
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		<title>Import Troubles and Green Economics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Which &#8220;green&#8221; are they after?
Wal-Mart has announced a new &#8220;cheap&#8221; reusable bag to be in stores this October. These bags are going to sell for 50 cents each and ony contain a small portion of recycled plastics. The store plans on decreasing its use of typical plastic t-shirt bags by 25% in the US and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nashvillewrapscommunity.com/blog/?p=86</link>
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