Media Source
Patricia is an expert source for specialty retail, holiday and retail trends.
She can be contacted and quoted for a myriad of topics, including (but not limited too): holiday retailing (Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, etc.), temporary retailing, running a cart/kiosk, starting a business, gift retailing, gift shows, retail sales and consumer spending.
She has been quoted in numerous articles, including…
Shopping-center kiosks are a way to try retail ownership (October 20, 2009)
Cyndia Zwahlen for the LA Times
Publisher says creativity will keep you in business (September 23, 2009)
Brent Lang for the Patriot Ledger
Mall kiosks: Entryway to entrepreneurship (July 22, 2009)
Marissa Hopkins for the Arizona Daily Star
Gift shop owners get by in the slow economy (March 24, 2009)
Sydney Schwartz for the Patriot Ledger
Change Agents (November/December 2008)
Maxine Golding for EXPO
Specialty stores offer a bright spot for retail (November 15, 2008)
Deborah Alexander for the Democrat and Chronicle
How Retail Managers Can Stay Sane for the Holidays (November 10, 2008)
Malcolm Fleschner for Monster.com
Can’t mask troubling times (October 22, 2008)
Joyzelle Davis for the Rocky Mountain News
It’s in the Bag (September 12, 2008)
Gwen Moran for Entrepreneur Magazine
More kiosks at Valley View (March 09, 2008)
Jenny Kincaid Boone for The Roanoke Times
Going Full Circle (March 1, 2008)
Riccardo Davis for Retail Traffic Mag
Westfarms Undergoing Transformation, Inside And Out (March 04, 2008)
Robin Stansbury for the Hartford Courant
Shopping outposts a holiday staple (December 14, 2007)
Mike Antonucci for The Mercury News
Retailers get into Halloween spirit (October 26, 2007)
Lou Hirsh for the Press Enterprise
Carts, kiosks and Indian retail (June 24, 2007)
Varupi Jain for India Together
The Ultra-Specialists (June 2007)
for the Musical Merchandise Review
The next (not-so-) big thing (April 08, 2007)
Jascenzi for The Business Press
50 Ways to Save Money in Your Business (April 2007)
Chris Penttila, et. al for Entrepreneur Magazine
Ghost of Christmas presents: Temporary stores materialize (December 06, 2006)
Janet Forgrieve for the Rocky Mountain News
How to Start a Kiosk Business (June 10, 2006)
for Entrepreneur Magazine
Revved-Up Retail (June 2006)
Marcia Layton Turner for Entrepreneur Magazine
Educational toys still sell (February 21, 2006)
Paul Grimaldi for the Providence Journal
Is Black Friday Secrecy a Relic of the Past? (November 23, 2005)
Evan Schuman for StorefrontBacktalk.com
Square Feet; Running a Seattle-Area Mall as a Family Business (December 07, 2005)
Terry Pristin for the New York Times
Kiosk culture on the rise (December 18, 2005)
Emily Shartin for the Boston Globe
Dreams Incubate in Shopping Mall Carts (December 24, 2005)
Krissah Williams for the Washington Post
Retail kiosk: here’s how to start a specialty cart for under $10k (November 2005)
Marcia Layton Turner for Black Enterprise Magazine
Specialty Leasing Moves Outdoors (March 01, 2004)
Beth Mattson-Teig for Retail Traffic Mag
Kiosks Aren’t Just for Tchotchkes Anymore (February 1, 2003)
Curt Hazlett for Retail Traffic Mag
Retailiatory Strike (December 2002)
Chris Penttila for Entrepreneur Magazine
3rd Annual Million-Dollar Ideas (January 2002)
Geoff Williams for Entrepreneur Magazine
Sweat Rewards (December 2001)
Geoff Williams for Entrepreneur Magazine
Small Wonders (August 2001)
Devlin Smith for Entrepreneur Magazine
Sweet and Low (August 2000)
Pamela Rohland for Entrepreneur Magazine
Deck the Malls with Kiosks (December 13, 1999)
Janet Ginsburg for Business Week
Holidays bring more kiosks to area malls (December 11, 1998)
Rajiv Sekhri for the Business Courier