Retail For The Rest Of Us: A Podcast For Indie Retailers Who Want To Make Sales, Build Community and Grow Their Shops

This week I’m unpacking the #1 way we block our own success AKA Doing Too Much.

Tune in to learn why I tell 90% of Feel Good Retail clients that there’s too much going on in their business.

Then join m…

Happy Spring, retail besties! 🌸 Janine, here. Remember me?

In this episode, I’m coming to you voice-memo style to once again get vulnerable about where I’m at with my business.

The good news is that I …

Indie retail besties, let's be real...our businesses are not going to thrive (or even survive, frankly) if we burn ourselves out. So ask yourself 'can I sustain this pace indefinitely?' 

Tune in for m…

Hey retail besties 👋  To kick off the New Year, I’m sharing one of my favorite intuitive practices for indie retailers — the Feel Good Retail soul statement meditation.

I use this meditation to help b…

This week’s episode is for everyone who’s bracing themselves for the dreaded holiday gathering question — "how's that little business of yours going?" ... or worse “when are you gonna get a real job?…

Two months ago, I returned to the pod to share that I’d been thinking about quitting my business.

And I told you about the 25 things I’m quitting instead of quitting my business. Checking email in bed…

The year is starting to come to a close, and here at Feel Good Retail that means the reflection has started! So this week I’m sharing the three biggest lessons I’ve learned in 2022 including—

• I don’t …

This time of year the pressure starts to build. So instead of offering another thing to think/do/implement, this week I’m checking in to help us recenter.

Tune in so we can:

• Take a deep breath together
• …

In the world of retail, we’re taught that running a sale is always a good idea - because more transactions = more money = good. But is that really true? And do we have to run promotions at the holida…

It’s been a long year, besties. And I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted…just in time for the busiest season in retail.

So if your inner monologue feels like any (or all) of these emojis 😬😵‍💫💩😴, …

Every holiday season has it’s own unique flavor that effects everything from your decisions as a business owner to your customers’ approach to shopping.

This season that flavor seems to be recession… …

How do you get back to business when you’re so tired/burned out/exhausted you want to close up shop forever…?

Well, last week I shared everything I’m quitting instead of my business. So this week I’m …

Hey babe. Can we all agree that it’s been a tough year for small business owners?

In this episode, I share a few big behind-the-scenes changes at Feel Good Retail and come clean about something I was …

Welcome back to our special miniseries all about community! This month, we’ve been talking about how connections, customers, clients & community can transform your retail business.

This week we’re wra…

Ready to dive deeper into the relationship cycle?! This week Janine becomes your tour guide through the four phases of the cycle, taking us into how-to of turning your casual connections into ride-or…

Welcome back to our special miniseries all about community! Tune in every Wednesday in June and Janine will walk you through how connections, customers, clients & community can transform your retail …

We’ve said it before & we’ll say it again — the most effective way to grow your retail business is to focus on relationships. So this month on the pod, we’ve made you a special miniseries all about c…

This week, we’re wrapping up our series on resources with a shopkeep Q&A! You don't want to miss this extra juicy episode where Janine answers your questions about money, marketing & mental health. S…

Have you ever wondered if one good piece of press could make your shop successful forever? That’s the magic of public relations! (Sort of.) This week, we have Nora Wolf of Wolf PR and Wolf Craft on t…

Ready to hear a hot take? You don’t need the algorithm. The algorithm needs you. Platforms like Instagram make their money selling ads against the attention that creators — including dope indie brand…