Debi Ward Kennedy

Last June, I presented a seminar to the vendors selling their wares at an antique show. Following a very harried day of setup for everyone, I shared some tips & tricks of visual merchandising and show booth design. Since most of their booths were already set up at that point, much of that inf...

We're already tired and we haven't even made it to Black Friday yet. sigh.I was in a mall yesterday. Yeah, ME, in a MALL.  Insert eye roll here. (I don't shop malls. I don't shop major retailers if I can help it. I shop local, I shop small independents, and I shop for vintage items. I choose...

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The second installment in my three-part article 'Display Challenge' appears Tuesday in the OneCoast Advisor Newsletter and web site. You can access it here. (You can still access the first part in their online archives). Part three is still to come! While you are on the OneCoast site, make sure y...

I was just reminded by a reader of a previous Holiday season blog post: My Top Ten Ornament Display Ideas. Since it's a topic a lot of readers are searching for info on right now, I thought I'd run a copy of it again.... enjoy!1. Turn a fan trellis (wood or wire) upside down – voila, it's a Chris...

It's official: In March, 2010, I'll be speaking at the Yarn Market News Smart Business Conference in Seattle at the FABulous W Hotel! The 2010 Yarn Market News Smart Business Conference is a three-day conference featuring speakers and sessions devoted to providing the tools yarn retailers and bus...

Another of my recent articles is appearing in the OneCoast Advisor Newsletter and web archives today. The 'Display Challenge' article that I wrote for Country Business Magazine has been split into a three-part series, and will run in concurrent issues of the advisor. The first segment mailed toda...

I received the following email last week, asking for my assistance with a retail visual impact issue: how to counteract the darkness of dreary winter weather and early evenings during this season. I thought that since I had just completed a consultation with a new client to solve exactly the same...

One Coast is the largest U.S. sales rep agency for merchandise in the retail gift industry. Their website is not only a wholesale sales venue for those products, but also a resource filled with information that helps retailers succeed and a hub that connects people, ideas, and products. It's no w...

Last June, I spoke at the Funky Junk Sisters' first Antique Show, presenting a seminar to the vendors selling their wares there. Following a very harried day of setup for everyone, I shared some tips & tricks of visual merchandising and show booth design. Since most of their booths were alrea...

Take a look over there on the top of my right sidebar... you'll see a new link list titled 'Dealing With Online Content Theft: Tips, Links, Resources, and Words of Wisdom'. I've added the resources I've discovered while on this strange and enlightening journey lately, in hopes that if YOU have th...

Now THIS is a cause I can certainly get behind! And frankly, should 'he-who-shall-not-be-named-because-it-gives-him-a-higher-Google-ranking' steal THIS post, I'll be THRILLED to see it appear on any of his twelve blogs!Sasha at BloggedyBlogBlog brought this movement to my attention in her recent ...

If you are reading this post anywhere other than a site/page that is licensed/owned/maintained by Debi Ward Kennedy, you are viewing stolen content that is being used without permission. To my devoted and very supportive readers, I offer my thanks to you. To new readers/visitors, please peruse t...

Hans Peter Jeschke put his site back up, (apparently he took it down before, not his web host) and it now includes all of my posts which appear below talking about this very situation. How ridiculously STUPID is that? Interestingly enough, I can only access one page. I can't access older posts or...

This morning, I received a comment from a reader telling me to check out the offending web site. It's been taken down. Not sure if it's been removed by the owner or by the web host in response to my filed complaint, but it's down. 'The squeaky wheel gets the oil' indeed.The site link now leads to...

More from Andreas...____________________________________________________________________________________________On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Andreas Viklund wrote:Hello again!I could answer in the same aggresive spirit, but I won't. I am a bit too friendly to do that. I'll give you one more...

I received a reply from the web site designer of hrantiques.com (the site that is stealing my content and that of many other people), and decided that this is an issue which impacts us all. So, in that light, I'm going to share our email interaction as it unfolds. Below you'll see his response to...

I've just seen a mirror image of something, and I have a question for you business owners, bloggers, and readers out there...A Google alert just revealed this to me: This blog has several of my posts on it. In their entirety. Not a link, not a mention, but posts that I wrote on my own blogs - tex...

Debi Ward Kennedy, the Decorating and Display Diva talks about how antique shows and flea markets are a incredible source of display ideas and materials for retailers.

So.... Deb's been saying for ... oh, how many years now???.... that using thrift shop furniture as fixtures & props can be fast, cheap, easy, 'green', and add tons of personality to a retail store. Yes I have. Some of you listen and get it. Some of you frown and shake your heads and say 'TACK...

I was at the Sand Point Antique & Design Market on Sunday, and the vast array of great merchandise was astounding - second only to the marvelous displays that dealers created to show them off. Above and below, you see the stunning booth created by DeWayne Lumpkin. He's an interior designer an...

Natalie sent me this photo, and asked me for recommendations about how to decorate the room: Let's see what I can do..... Natalie, since I don't know your personal style, I can only make recommendations based on the architecture and regional location...