Tag: women's health boutiques
Essential event
January 25, 2013Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
CHARLESTON, S.C. - While traditional home medical equipment providers are finally embracing retail, women's health boutiques, by nature, have been retail-oriented all along.That's why this year's “Focus on the Future Conference and Tradeshow” seeks to help women's health providers perfect that retail mindset.“Boutiques are more retail-oriented in nature, and I think this is in part due to the mindset that, when (a customer) walks into a boutique, it's to shop,” said Cindy...
AABCP forecasts 'good year'
December 28, 2012Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
HOUSTON - After a period of declining membership, the American Association of Breast Care Professionals (AABCP) says things started to turn around in 2012.The seven-year-old association, which represents individual and HME-based post-mastectomy fitters, saw its membership drop by nearly 20% in 2011, some of which Executive Director Rhonda Turner attributes to issues that included accreditation and certification changes.“I think people were burned out and didn't have the time, energy or financial...