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Latest — 25 Apr 2025

Surfing a ten meter wave.

As always, we begin with a disclaimer. Everything you read on this website is the personal opinion of John Stephens, the author. It may not reflect the thoughts, ideas, opinions, or belief systems of GAMA, any member of the GAMA staff, or any other member of the GAMA Board of

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Writing an advocacy letter

As always, we begin with a disclaimer. Everything you read on this website is the personal opinion of John Stephens, the author. It may not reflect the thoughts, ideas, opinions, or belief systems of GAMA, any member of the GAMA staff, or any other member of the GAMA Board of

Paying Yourself on Day One

Ramen is not food, so you should pay yourself.

Do you want to have a trade war...

Welcome back! Let's do a little housekeeping. On April 1st I took a seat on the GAMA Board of Directors. I would like to thank my Team Retail colleagues for entrusing me to represent them, and all retailers, as John Coviello sails off into board retirement. So thank

Site Selection - The Final Part

It's time for part four of Site Selection! In this part we'll talk about the last of my considerations, fooooood, and we'll take a deep dive into the brain of Andrew Zorowitz of Foam Brain Games, who was on all four site visits and

Site Selection - Part Three

First, let me start this off by thanking the voters for electing me to Team Retail. I'm looking forward to working with this excellent collection of colleagues to make GAMA as valuable as we can make it for Retailers, not just GAMA Expo, but throughout the year. Now,

Site Selection Part Two - Do You Want to Go to Reno?

When we left off part one I promised that I was going to dig through notes and share some thoughts. From our basic list of considerations that I discussed in the first part of this blog, the committee began listing cities of interest. Some of these cities are places I

The Site Selection Committee

The Site Selection Committee was formed back in 2023, and the culmination of this work is approaching. Join John as he shared his thought process with you throughout two years of work.

Welcome Back

I've wanted to restart my blog for a while now, because so many fun things happen in this industry all the time, and I just want to talk about them with folks all the time, but mostly my 2025 resolution was to do two things; share with people

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