A Preview of What Will Be Needed to Be Successful in 2022.

Watch the entire 15 minutes here.

And if you don't have 15 minutes, then watch the final 1-2 minutes, because the punchline is offered there.

COVID is going to convince us that sales gains are easy for some brands for the next year. They're not easy. It's darn hard outside of a pandemic. The merchandising / creative factor is so important, so overlooked, so under-analyzed.

This (the video) is what it will take to win in 2022. Passion and Creativity and Attention to Detail. It was the path we were already headed down before a pandemic handed so many companies cement mixers full of money while forcing so many others out of business.

P.S.:  You'll be able to win in 2021. Realistically, we inherit the "new world" we'll live in going forward in 2022. We can't see it, yet, but once there is a vaccine we'll begin getting glimpses ... then we'll see it clearly, and Passion / Creativity / Attention to Detail / Merchandise take hold based on the rules of the "new world".