Tag: Maria Markusen
VGM's Maria Markusen takes retail on the road
April 23, 2018Tracy Orzel
WATERLOO, Iowa - The VGM Group is taking its new series, “Brick by brick: Retail learning workshop”—which explores the three core areas of retail: product, experience, and marketing—to 10 cities this year.
Here's what speaker Maria Markusen, director of operations & development for VGM Retail Services, had to say about how the game plan for a successful retain business has evolved.
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Up your retail game
March 20, 2015Kelly Bothum
It's no longer enough to build a retail showroom and fill it with products, says Maria Markusen, director of operations & development for VGM Retail Services, who will speak at Medtrade Spring. Here's what Markusen had to say about how retail now means tracking data and more.HME News: What are some of the fundamentals of retail?Maria Markusen: Traditional retail has always relied on science, data and analysis. If you aren't analyzing it, you can't grow your business. You analyze your competitors,...