Trust and consistency are essential to building relationships and ensuring good feedback from your customer base. In this month’s Strategy and Tactics column, Kimberly Trainer of Car-Tunes, Inc. in Greenville, Miss. noted the importance of consistency. If a retailer isn’t consistent, she said, “You’ll just confuse your clients.” We’ve all experienced some form of inconsistency when dealing with a retail ...

WHAT TO READ Dude, Where’s My Flying Car?: A fascinating look at the past, present and incredible future of personal mobility By Tim Jackson Anyone out there remember The Jetsons, a cartoon series on ABC that launched back in 1962 and gave a humorous look at future technologies? Everyone on the show had a flying car, and now, more than ...

How should a retailer decide what to stock? Kimberly Trainer shares the inventory strategy she employs at Car-Tunes, Inc. Words by Rosa Sophia Through careful inventory planning, a business can reach its target audience and increase its profits, according to Car-Tunes, Inc. owner Kimberly Trainer, who taught a class on the subject at KnowledgeFest Las Vegas. “The separation between good ...

At KnowledgeFest Las Vegas, 2025 Retailer of the Year Traffic Jams Motorsports shared lessons learned in growing the business. Words by Rosa Sophia When it came time to open the show floor at KnowledgeFest Las Vegas this past February, Mobile Electronics Association President Chris Cook invited Yamil Widy of Buford, Ga.-based Traffic Jams Motorsports to cut the ribbon. Widy and ...