What are consumers doing about the challenges in the economy? Pam Danziger talks with Jim Blasingame about what her research is showing about the spending behavior of consumers at different economic levels.

How is the 2007 holiday season going to be for small business? Pam tells Jim that it's not looking great and she has some ideas on how to make the most of it.

How are consumers going to behave this holiday season? Pam talks with Jim about what she sees over the horizon for consumer spending and it's a mixed bag.

What makes people buy the things we buy and why do we need to know this? Pam answers these question during this visit with Jim.

Everyone shops, but why do people shop where they do? Pam joins Jim to talk about what you have to do to get customers to shop with you -- and then come back.

Pam joins Jim to talk about what we have to do to get people to do business with us, and then to come back an do it again.

Pam and Jim talk about why we like to shop. Jim asks her if that applies to men as well as women, and gets in a lot of trouble.

There are few things that Jim enjoys more than shopping, unless perhaps it is talking about shopping (did that sound sarcastic?). That's why he has some fun talking with Pam about how shopping has changed over the past few years, and what she thinks it's going to be like during the holiday season.

Pam and Jim discuss how to succeed in retail by providing customers with a memorable experience.

Pam and Jim talk about how to rethink our ideas about marketing luxury, and how to turn that new thinking into increased profit margins.