Saturday, May 30, 2015

NHL in 2030 how things will look.






Fifteen years from now imagine how the NHL might appear.
Advertising on team uniforms. The NHL Summer League that overlaps the Stanley Cup finals in June. Perhaps a All Canadian Professional Women's league known as the WNHL with six teams across the country, Quebec City, Kingston, Hamilton, Markham, Regina, and Calgary.

However, the most incredible change that fans in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) have been waiting for is a second NHL franchise. Babcock will have reached the quarter finals as the Leafs Coach in 2021. Timing, density, infringement rights will have been addressed and like other major league sports Cities : Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto will have a second NHL club. Like Paul Brown was to the Cleveland Browns, this new Toronto NHL Club will be named after an iconic Toronto business man. They could be playing from a 45,000 seat arena in Downsview. Alternatively since the Argos are now defunct, this new Toronto NHL franchise adopts the double blue as their colours and is nicknamed the "Argonauts". The runner up name for the franchise is the Toronto "Finncups". The Maple Leaf Organization is not effected at all. Consultants had originally predicted a 10to 15 % roll back in lost revenue in years one and two but quickly bouncing back stronger. Fans in Hamilton are simply demoralized.  It could happen.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

11 Social Media fishing lines that crack us up


the following are fictitious, but are based from fishing lines we have read on different social media, that pleasantly keep us entertained.
  1. ..that was close,..at least i got the bleeding to stop
  2. doctor says i have to come back every six hours until the swelling is manageable
  3. i sprayed his underwear with Lysol i was so MAD
  4. my mechanic says that rattle is normal, what the fudge?
  5. that bastard! he didn't water my plants once.
  6. someone changed the locks on my house ; not funny.
  7. the lady at the shoe store said to go a size smaller
  8. my back is getting sore from being on the couch ; any ideas what i can do today? serious responses only 
  9. are Cat ate the dog food now its shittin in the sink
  10. thinkin bout taking up a hobby ; any suggestions? (don't say breast feeding)
  11. mom forgot the blender was plugged in ; what a mess ; now i have to take the day off work.

Sunday, May 24, 2015

the art of retailing

I'm in the shopping centre business and am very intrigue with the art of retailing. what i mean about this specifically is the leading edge tools that relevant retailers use to help sell their products. i work with thousand of retailers from national chains to moms and pops. too many people get into retailer and shouldn't. Retailing is selling. Probably the number one criteria after a solid product is a selling staff that is gregarious, honest, knowledgeable and sincerely takes an interest in you the customer.
Yesterday to my disbelief i walked through the entrance doors of Canadian Tire in Barrie and an automated voice welcomed me to Canadian Tire. I stopped in my tracks and my wife stopped as well and asked if i was ok. i told her, no i wasn't. i had a tear in my eye and was a little choked up my the heartfelt message.
the next immediate thought was somewhere along the line a person or persons or quite possibly an executive team sat around a marketing table and determine they could make a difference by having a computed voice welcoming you to Canadian Tire as you crossed the threshold.