Maiden Visit to a Gun Range
By Deborah Gantos and Raina Kuptz Deborah: You never know where your life will take you. Haven’t you...
Foxhole to Darkroom
By John Wills It was 1969 and the war in Vietnam raged on despite newly opened Paris peace talks...
From The Editor: Enough Already!
By Deborah Gantos Once in a while I experience writer’s block when trying to think of a new idea...
How to Leverage Amazon to Sell Your Product
By Phillip Woolgar It’s no secret that small businesses today are struggling to compete with e-commerce sites, but have...
G.I. Style Poncho by Schreck
By Williams Whether you are hunting, fishing, doing another outdoor sport or are at the stadium watching the...
From The Editor: Sticks and Stones
By Deborah Gantos “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Some of you...
Industry Spotlight: Military Depot
Tell us about the history of your company. MILITARY DEPOT began as a retail shop started by Charley Smien...
The Importance of Market Research for your Business
By David Castlegrant In 25 years, as a consultant for over 200 small businesses, I have found very few,...
Recruit and Hire Good Employees
By Kathy Foust Recruiting and hiring employees may be just the start of the process of developing long-lasting, productive...
Blue Can Water by Blue Can Bottling
By Williams When stocking your store for emergency preparedness-minded customers, it pays to have a good selection of...
From The Editor: Eating the Elephant
Question: How do you eat an elephant? Answer: One bite at a time. Through the years I have developed...
Industry Spotlight: HTF Survival Store in Anderson, SC
Tell us about the history of your company Growing up in St. Louis, the earliest report I remember writing...
The Two Keys of Employee Motivation
By David Castlegrant After researching the theme of this article, I found there is no shortage of material on...
Improve your Store, D.I.Y. style
By Diane Crosby Small business owners, for the most part, do not have degrees in business, management or accounting....