Quarterly Business Planning for Retail: Part 1

In this week's trend report I lay the groundwork for planning your next 90-days of business by sharing the benefits of the 4-5-4 Calendar, a retail industry standard, and teaching you how to recap your past 90-days of business.

Topics Discussed in this Trend Report:

• Revised topics for January trend reports
• Weekly announcements, including an upcoming webinar for Makers and Maker-minded Retailers
• The history of the 4-5-4 Calendar, which is a retail industry standard
• Explanation and benefits of the 4-5-4 Calendar
• How the industry manages the limits of the 4-5-4 Calendar
• Every seven years there is a 53rd week in the retail year
• Benefits of a quarterly business review
• Six questions you must ask yourself after each business quarter and year
• Four retail filters you must use when completing your business review
• Next steps including how to revisit your 2017 business goals 

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Adding more Retail Rigor your current goal planning process is a key behavior in unlocking more profit with ease.

Quarterly retail planning allows you to connect the dots between your big, beautiful business goals and the 5 R’s of Retail.​