Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving, and it marks the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employees take the day off, which increases the number of potential shoppers. GROW Nebraska Stores will be open by 7:00 am, if you go by the store earlier [...]

I took cold showers every morning for 22 months of my life. Not just slightly cool showers, but absolutely-no-hot-water-at-all showers. If you don’t know from my previous blogs, I used to sell books door-to-door during the summers when I was in college. During sales school that first summer, our manager told us [...]

As the holidays are upon us, many GROW members will be placing their items in the 2008 Holiday Stores. We often get questions about how to create a good display for our stores, so below you’ll find some tips to help you!
Cheap Display = Cheap Product

Displays can be several things … shelves, totes, cubes, boards, [...]

Happy Friday to you! Even though the weather was beautiful last week it is a much better day at my house this week. I was in bed with a heavy sweatshirt on wrapped up in two blankets and a 104 temperature. I haven’t been that sick since I had pneumonia when I was seven months [...]

I’m heading to St. Joseph, MO, home of the Missouri Western Griffons for an alumni volleyball game. As much as volleyball used to be the main focus of my life, I could care less about the game. The game is just an excuse to see the friends that became my family through sweat, tears, bruises, [...]