Mary Liz Curtin

Wall Street Journal May 4, 2010
Entrepreneurs Make Use of Odd Spaces
Properties With a Past Provide Unique Marketing Opportunities; Jails Transform Into Hotels, Churches Into Restaurants

Wall Street Journal Article by Mary Liz Curtin, April 1 2010

InStore LIVE! The Workshop for Successful Retailers
June 23, 2010 4-4:45 p.m.
Crazy, Creative Store Promotions That Work
Presenter- Mary Liz Curtin

Promotions are all about creating excitement, entertaining your customers, making your store a destination and above all, stimulating sales. Celebrate all of the
holidays and make up some of your own with open houses, charity tie-ins, product demonstrations, contests, gift certificates and more – all without breaking the bank. Mary Liz Curtin will show you how to plan, publicize and run an event, give you ideas for names that pull customers in and share her secrets for coming up with new and interesting parties, classes and events.

Gifts & Decorative Accessories just announced the finalists in its 2009 Retailer Excellence Awards competition. Leon & Lulu will be one of the honorees celebrated at the Gifts & Decorative Accessories’ 58th annual Retailer Excellence Awards Gala, which will be held at New York’s Marriott Marquis overlooking Times Square on Sunday evening, August 16, 2009.
Read the full article here.

My name is Kegan. I am 16 and I work at my parent’s furniture store, Leon & Lulu. My job at the store could most closely be compared to the opposite of a job at Burger King: No steady schedule, I can’t afford the product, and I actually become healthier from my job.

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Monday, April 27, 3:00 PM. A 15th Anniversary Party and Grand Opening Celebration of their new showroom. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres; gifts for attendees and a drawing to win a 6’x9’ rug of choice. Guest speaker: Mary Liz Curtin, author of “A Shopkeepers Manual” and co-owner of Leon & Lulu, will give a presentation on “Retailing in Full Color.” Presentation at 3:00 PM, Celebation at 4:00 PM.

It is ugly out there at the moment, in case you haven’t noticed. There is no question that this is the worst, absolute most stinking rotten economy most of us have seen…and it doesn’t look like it is going to pick up in the immediate future. Even people who are able to shop have cut back because they are nervous about the future or think it is bad taste to spend when others cannot. As our sales figures and incomes shrink, we are all saving money anywhere we can. Every magazine, newspaper and TV newscast talks about pinching pennies, tightening belts and thriftiness of all kinds.

Everybody loves a party (except my husband, who absolutely hates most forms of merrymaking) and we especially love gatherings at our store because they are fun, lucrative and you can actually make people go home at a reasonable hour.