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Podcast: Conquer Local Podcast
Episode: 337: Building a Cooperative in Retail, with Lindsay Gaskins
Description: To build a cooperative in retail, it started with only 12 retailers, which quickly grew to 300 in one short year."Ten thousand mistakes can lead to the ten right decisions." Lindsay Gaskins, President, CAA Member and The Bike Cooperative, at CCA Global Members, is our guest this week. Lindsay started a brick-and-mortar business in 2008 during the financial crisis in the United States; in turn, she sold nothing in the first three months. Lindsay explains how she refined her business to have 45 stores open coast to coast. After her refined approach and did market research, they s...