BKBG Business Blog

Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that Americans have the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness....

Who sells products in your showroom? Duh, it’s the salespeople – right? Not always. In today’s 24-7-365-connected world where 99%...

Unemployment in the U.S. remains at historic lows. Finding new team members remains a top challenge for most BKBG showrooms. A lasting side effect...

How often should you email customers and prospects? That depends on the goals you want to achieve from an email campaign. A goal might be to drive...

There’s an old curse: May you live in interesting times. The last couple of years have been interesting to say the least. Dealing with COVID,...

We all have had bad customer experiences. According to Hug Your Customers author Jack Mitchell, a mistake or customer service shortcoming is an...

If you asked most showrooms what their biggest challenge is, personnel is the answer almost all of the time. A record-breaking 4.53 million...

“I am going to put a thousand songs in your pocket,” claimed then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs when he introduced the iPod. It was a...

Reading is comparable to exercise. Most business owners and successful designers know that they should exercise and read more than they do...

It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks and that’s one of the biggest challenges showrooms have in adapting to the new customer-buying...

Contagious – Why Things Catch On, written by U Penn Wharton Marketing Professor Jonah Berger, offers guidance that kitchen and bath showrooms...

More than 47 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in 2021, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The result is that many BKBG...