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At the Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference held in May, the theme was "two-stepping between evolution and extinction" -- highlighting food co-ops' need to |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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This year's co-op conference gave an unusual "milestone" award by recognizing a generation of food co-ops: ones that have recently reached age twenty-five. |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
The key to exceptional services lies in building relationships, and in the quality of relationships, with customers and with employees. |
073 November - December - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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"About 41% of retailers have, or are in the process of developing, databases that will enable them to track consumer purchases, as well as behavioral and demographic data." |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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As a staff and a member of consumer co-ops for nearly twenty years, and as a community development lender for the past three, I have observed a need and desire in the consumer co-op |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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068 January - February - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Do your board meetings have any of these features? |
068 January - February - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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In 1995, an international consortium of co-op academics and practitioners collaborated on a book called Making Membership Meaningful: Participatory Democracy in Co-operatives. |
072 September - October - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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My previous column discussed our need to recognize a cooperative as something larger and more enduring than our individual stake in it, greater also than the sum of present members' |
069 March - April - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Readers have responded positively to recent editorials on social capital. In this column I will review our co-op mission, the treatment of capital, and other co-op practices. |
070 May - June - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Two years ago, I attended my first Consumer Cooperative Management Association in Sacramento. The event was educational and eye-opening. |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Are any of these scenarios familiar to you? |
070 May - June - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
Like the 2,000 pound gorilla at a small party, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, risk is always present, just standing there at the pretzel bowl waiting for you to tur |
068 January - February - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Rather than "salaried or hourly," the question actually should be, "Exempt or non-exempt? |
070 May - June - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Good systems show themselves by not showing themselves at all. In a well run store, product, people, and purchases flow in and out in a seemingly effortless ebb and flow. |
069 March - April - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Webster's Dictionary defines the word extinct as follows: |
069 March - April - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Buyers that I meet at trade shows and conferences most often describe brokers to me in less than glowing terms. |
076 May - June - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
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They don't call me "Binhead" for nothing -- I believe in Bulk! |
079 November - December - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
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Over three hundred co-op directors, managers, staff and consultants gathered in Cleveland June 10-13 at the Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference. |
077 July - August - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
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Does every deli need a fully staffed work station? |
075 March - April - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
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