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I’m Keenan Kok-Carlson, a lifelong retail operator turned Senior Product Manager at Global Payments. I’ve lived every part of running a store, from opening the doors to fixing the systems that keep it alive.Beyond the Register shares the real stories behind small retail: inventory chaos, hiring struggles, vendor issues, burnout, and the wins that keep owners going. No fluff, just the truth about what it takes to run a shop today.This is Beyond the Register.
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Half of America walks into a convenience store every day, and almost nobody remembers doing it. Jeff Lenard has spent his career explaining why that matters. As VP at NACS and the most-quoted voice on convenience stores
Randall Isherwood spent his career running nurseries with hundreds of acres of inventory. So when he finally decided to open his own garden center, his instinct was to go big. His wife and business partner, Carol, said n
A second Starbucks was about to open 75 feet from a dying Long Beach coffee shop. The staff were robbing the owner through the tip jar, the lights were half burnt out, and the place was losing money every month. A year l
A second Starbucks was about to open 75 feet from a dying Long Beach coffee shop. The staff were robbing the owner through the tip jar, the lights were half burnt out, and the place was losing money every month. A year l
In 2006, three guys met at a church Bible study in Atlanta, discovered they all loved homebrewing, and started getting together every Monday night after work to make beer. They called it Monday Night Brewing. Twenty year
In 2006, three guys met at a church Bible study in Atlanta, discovered they all loved homebrewing, and started getting together every Monday night after work to make beer. They called it Monday Night Brewing. Twenty year
For 30 years, Ron Thurston sat in the strategy meetings at some of the most iconic names in retail (Apple, Gap, West Elm, Tory Burch, Saint Laurent) and noticed the same thing every time: the conversation started with th
For 30 years, Ron Thurston sat in the strategy meetings at some of the most iconic names in retail (Apple, Gap, West Elm, Tory Burch, Saint Laurent) and noticed the same thing every time: the conversation started with th
Mary Liz Curtin spent 35 years advising manufacturers, speaking at trade shows around the world, and writing a manual for independent retailers. Then she mortgaged her house, rehabbed a 1941 roller rink in Downtown Claws
John DiJulius III started with three nos: no customers, no money, no employees. He and his wife Stacy opened a hair salon in Cleveland in 1993 surrounded by competitors in every direction. They couldn't out-advertise the
When Ally Kirkpatrick opened Old Town Books in 2018, every sign pointed the wrong way: the last indie bookstore in Old Town Alexandria had already been killed by Amazon, she had a newborn at home, $7,000 in savings, and
Katrina Parris, founder of Nilu Goods in Harlem, joined Keenan Kok-Carlson on Beyond the Register to share how she built an 11-year retail institution out of a simple belief: when you support a maker, you support a commu
Most retail and CPG leaders are still asking whether they should use AI. Sabrina Valdez answered that question three years ago, before Super Bowl commercials, before the hype cycle, before most people knew what ChatGPT e
Kim Roxie, Founder and CEO of LAMIK Beauty, joined Keenan Kok-Carlson on Beyond the Register this week to share how she built a national clean beauty brand from a $500 loan, zero investor money, and a willingness to do t
What if you could put a million-dollar consultant on your team for $20 a month? For 30 years, Greg Buzek has been the person retail calls when it needs the unvarnished truth about technology. As founder of IHL Group, he'
What does it actually take to scale an experience that can't be replicated online? Curry Hagerty, Partner & CEO of HART Jewelry, joins Jeramey Watts on Beyond the Register to answer that question and a whole lot more. HA
Why do profitable stores still go broke? Dan Holman has the answer, and it's not what you think. After 35+ years in retail and hundreds of store turnarounds, Dan Holman (CEO of Canadian Retail Solutions and founder of Th
Most restaurant stories start the same way: long nights in a hot kitchen, missed family time, and a hope that “one day” it will all be worth it. Carrie Morey chose a different path. In 2005, as a new mom who hated her co
Everyone is telling small retailers the same thing right now: Get on Amazon. Add AI to everything. Copy what the “winners” did. Sucharita Kodali thinks that’s a dangerous way to run a business. She’s a VP and Principal A
Most people hear “Oprah’s Favorite Things” and think overnight success. Bobby Djavaheri hears it and remembers packing thousands of bread makers himself during COVID, loading them into his truck, and racing to FedEx. Bob
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