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Get Ready for Xmas!

By: Alison Marek
Dec 28, 2010

You haven't even replenished your shelves from the 2010 holidays yet, but it's not too soon to start planning for 4Q 2011. In the March issue of TDmonthly Magazine, you'll hear from retailers and experts about how to find and train the best holiday staff, organize events and keep sales flying as high as Santa's sleigh.

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Alison MarekWriter's Bio: ALISON MAREK is an award-winning writer, director and cartoonist whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks, and viewed worldwide in film festivals. See her short films and print work on www.alisonmarek.com. Watch her nefarious villains in the web series www.MuggsMovers.com. Get inspired by her cartoons "Daily ARFFirmations to Unleash Your Inner Fido" at www.ARFFirmations.com. Phew! And then ...  Read more articles by this author


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