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About the Author
Stu has extensive marketing and advertising experience and was owner of Harrison Advertising for many years prior to joining the Chamber of Commerce in 2003. He is currently the General Manager of the Greater Peterborough Area Chamber of Commerce. KawarthaNow is pleased to include Stu as a contributing columnist, and we appreciate his extensive knowledge of the local business community. Feel free to submit your business events and news to Stu via email. Don't forget to submit your business events to KawarthaNow.com too, using our online submission form. Business Beat Archives
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The Business Beat
by Stuart Harrison Welcome to The Business Beat. New women's clothing and jewellery store Zoola and Loola is the funky name of a great new store in downtown Peterborough. Zoola and Loola are the nicknames of Lidia and Zuzia Danielski, a Polish mother/daughter team that has plans for a fun destination store. The store will feature women's clothing - lines include Buffalo Jeans, Linda Lundstrom, Fresh Produce, CMC and Loose Cut, accessories - including jewellery (Lidia is a jewellery artist, scarves and hand bags, gifts - including soap, candles and glass, and art - particularly from young artists. Lidia promises clothing for everyone with sizes from extra small to XXX with an emphasis on fun, comfort and style. Zoola and Loola should be open sometime this week; it's at 375 George Street beside Walkwells. For more information, call 705-750-1074. Corporate communications service 
Max Effective Communications is Jhane Brasier and Michelle O'Neill. Together they offer 30 years of communication expertise and have designed four key training programs to help you or your employees become better communicators. Email Betterment covers everything from effective composition to managing messages to reducing junk mail. Presentation Skills will teach you how to prepare and structure a presentation plus the use of body language, building rapport and answering questions from the floor. Meeting Management is about having better meetings, spending less time in meetings, and how to facilitate and reach high quality decisions. Company Vision and Mission is about establishing statements that are representative of your business and tactical deployment. Jhane and Michelle also work with companies on internal communications and bettering the customer experience by fine-tuning your customer communication. For more information contact Jhane at jbrasier@cogeco.ca 705-748-3494 or Michelle at moneill2@cogeco.ca 705-742-9819. New festival, events, tourism and conference service KawarthaFest is a group of area stakeholders committed to building a reputation for the highest caliber festivals, events, conferences and tourism activities. One of the first projects is to provide training for front-line workers in customer service including closing and upselling, cash handling and counterfeit recognition, tourist information and wayfinding, even CPR and First Aid! Best of all, thanks to a Local Initiatives Grant from the Community Futures Development Corporation, the training is half price! Call John McNutt at the Community Training and Development Centre for more information at 705-742-7277. New location for vacuum/janitorial business Movers and Shakers this week include Camille and Penny Parent, who recently moved Peterborough Vacuum and Janitorial Supplies from the Heritage Plaza into Parkway Place beside Marks Work Wearhouse. They sell Hoover and Electrolux vacuums and they'll service any make or model. They also have sales and service for Braun and Phillips Electric Shavers. New location for fabric/sewing business And J & B's Thread and Spool has moved to a new location at 1724 County Road 18 (that's the highway between Bridgenorth and Lakefield). Owner Janice LeGresley has opened up a brand new location in the lower level of her brand new house. It's bigger and brighter, all on one floor and Janice can go home for lunch! She sells fabric and notions and gives sewing lessons for all ages. The number is 705-652-9494. Women's Business Network Member of the Year and other WBN news 
Congratulations to Deb Csumrik of the T-R Group, the Women's Business Network Member of the Year. The WBN has its year-end party and Stony Lake Boat Cruise next Wednesday. It includes a buffet dinner and dancing to Terry Guiel If you've been thinking of joining the WBN, now's the time, as this event is members only (plus Terry Guiel ...)! For more information, call the WBN Hotline at 705740-6199. Boating workshop for women Speaking of women, Women Making Waves is a popular four-part training program for women who are getting into boating or just want to know more. They'll cover everything from launching and loading to safety and driving. The date is Saturday July 9 at Young's Point Marina. It's a free workshop but you must register as space is limited. Call Deborah Paris at 705-652-6444 or email deborah@parismarine.com. |
Stuart "Stu" Harrison writes a weekly column about business news (published on KawarthaNow.com on Fridays and in the Peterborough Examiner on Mondays) and hosts a business segment every Monday evening on CHEX-TV's Newswatch.
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