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Welcome to the Palace

by Anya Harris

Husband-and-wife team Norman and Norma Faris opened Learning Palace three decades ago in Portland, Oregon. Their business grew throughout the ’80s, selling teacher supplies and specialty toys throughout the Pacific Northwest. Read More


Eddy Awards

Three new products displayed at Ed Expo’s New Product Pavilion in March received the first-ever Eddy Awards from Educational Dealer magazine. Dealers in attendance were invited to vote for their favorites to determine first, second and third-place winners. Trophies were presented by Tim Braden, vice president of Fahy-Williams Publishing, to Learning Resources (1), Bananagrams (2) and Memory on Hand (3).
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Tim Braden presents the top Eddy Award to Rick Woldenberg, Learning Resources

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Playing Positive Notes for 2001, More Goals for the Future

March 2002

With all the promise of a new century, I embarked on a new year on January 1, 2001. It was about this time last year that I began to lay out my New Year's resolutions for both my business and myself. My business would see improved cash flow with better inventory management and tighter control of exp ... [click here to read more]



Putting Out FiresDon't Let Urgent
Drown Out Important

A New York Times business columnist once asked me, “Why do independent retailers fail? “There are three reasons,” I replied. “They ignore numbers. They ignore customers. They ignore their own story.” All of this happens because they are so busy running their stores. They don’t stop multitasking long enough to be strategic and develop a plan.
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The Issue
by Kevin Fahy


Kevin Fahy

Keep It Simple,
Stupid

I am about to do my taxes. By “do” I mean that I am gathering together a document dump for my accountant, because I wouldn’t dream of actually trying to fill out the forms myself. Read More