Comments on: Why People Shouldn’t Shop at Your Catholic Store http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/ If it's Catholic we'll talk about it and probably sell it. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Do you know why you lost that client? I do. | Business is Personal http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1931 Do you know why you lost that client? I do. | Business is Personal Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:40:47 +0000 http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/#comment-1931 [...] you were in the retail Catholic goods business, Ian would have a field day with you. It’d be like game 7 of the 2008 NBA Finals. You’d be down 30 points before you knew it [...] [...] you were in the retail Catholic goods business, Ian would have a field day with you. It’d be like game 7 of the 2008 NBA Finals. You’d be down 30 points before you knew it [...]

]]> By: Business owners can’t get a hit unless they swing the bat.  |  Mark Riffey's Small Business Marketing Blog  |  Rescue Marketing http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Business owners can’t get a hit unless they swing the bat.  |  Mark Riffey's Small Business Marketing Blog  |  Rescue Marketing Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:57:38 +0000 http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/#comment-835 [...] sometimes talks about store owners who complain that people don’t shop at their religious stores and how the reasons are often obvious, describing dark, dank places right out of merchandising and [...] [...] sometimes talks about store owners who complain that people don’t shop at their religious stores and how the reasons are often obvious, describing dark, dank places right out of merchandising and [...]

]]> By: Barry Michaels http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Barry Michaels Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:31:05 +0000 http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/#comment-837 I know of one urban Catholic store that had been around for years, which fit your descriptions to a T -- and which closed its doors just this summer. I moved into this city 2 years ago, and the only Catholic store in town was one of my first places to visit. It took only a few minutes of browsing to become disappointed by what I saw, especially the books, since that is my primary interest. I didn't see anything that had been published in the past five years. And most of what was on the shelves was what I saw on Catholic bookstore shelves in my previous hometown ten, fifteen, even twenty years earlier. Same could be said of other products, like posters and music. I stood there and thought, "So much good going on in Catholic publishing, and you wouldn't know it at all by standing in this store." Your description of a 50-year-old curiousity shop fit this place exactly. As a newcomer to the city, I must admit it gave me a negative impression of the local Catholic community as well. "This is what passes for a Catholic shop around here?" I wondered. "This is what nourishes their faith? These are the resources that inform their catechists?" Unfortunately, there no other local alternative around here now. Thanks for the interesting reflections. Best wishes for much success in the efforts of any Catholic shop-owner in a business environment that must surely be a constrant stress and challenge. Barry www.barrymichaelsbooks.com I know of one urban Catholic store that had been around for years, which fit your descriptions to a T — and which closed its doors just this summer. I moved into this city 2 years ago, and the only Catholic store in town was one of my first places to visit. It took only a few minutes of browsing to become disappointed by what I saw, especially the books, since that is my primary interest. I didn’t see anything that had been published in the past five years. And most of what was on the shelves was what I saw on Catholic bookstore shelves in my previous hometown ten, fifteen, even twenty years earlier. Same could be said of other products, like posters and music.

I stood there and thought, “So much good going on in Catholic publishing, and you wouldn’t know it at all by standing in this store.” Your description of a 50-year-old curiousity shop fit this place exactly. As a newcomer to the city, I must admit it gave me a negative impression of the local Catholic community as well. “This is what passes for a Catholic shop around here?” I wondered. “This is what nourishes their faith? These are the resources that inform their catechists?” Unfortunately, there no other local alternative around here now.

Thanks for the interesting reflections. Best wishes for much success in the efforts of any Catholic shop-owner in a business environment that must surely be a constrant stress and challenge.

Barry
http://www.barrymichaelsbooks.com

]]> By: Why Don’t You Buy From A Catholic Store? « Musings from a Catholic Bookstore http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Why Don’t You Buy From A Catholic Store? « Musings from a Catholic Bookstore Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:13:01 +0000 http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/09/22/why-people-shouldnt-shop-at-your-catholic-store/#comment-836 [...] First, why your excuses for not buying from a Catholic store don’t always hold water. Second, why as a Catholic store owner you shouldn’t act like you deserve Catholics’ patronage. Third, what is wrong with the business side of Catholic retailing from publishers to trade [...] [...] First, why your excuses for not buying from a Catholic store don’t always hold water. Second, why as a Catholic store owner you shouldn’t act like you deserve Catholics’ patronage. Third, what is wrong with the business side of Catholic retailing from publishers to trade [...]

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