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Best Practices
The First 30 Seconds: Where Most Sales Are Won or Lost
The first 30 seconds are crucial for making a sale. In those first moment, customers start making judgements about whether…
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Best Practices
5 Numbers Every Retailer Should Track
To track business performance, retailers should keep track of a handful of key measurements that provide an ongoing pulse of…
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Latest Issue
Read Our May 2026 Issue
Welcome to the May digital edition of OPE+ magazine! The May issue of OPE+ explores the trends, technology and operational…
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Best Practices
Marketing That Drives Sales, Not Just Likes
In today’s retail environment, it has become remarkably easy to confuse marketing activity with marketing success. Social media engagement can…
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Sponsored
Engines Built to Power Profits
Next Gen Vanguard engines have been designed with a focus on one thing: driving business success – both for the…
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Best Practices
Turning Vendor Partnerships Into Marketing Assets
The article tells retailers how to leverage vendor relationships correctly so you can use them to help drive traffic, improve…
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News
Read Our April 2026 Issue
Welcome to the April digital edition of OPE+ magazine! The April issue of OPE+ focuses on strengthening dealership performance through…
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Best Practices
Marketing Without a Big Budget
For independent retailers, marketing often feels like a high-stakes poker game where everyone else has a bigger stack of chips.…
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Sponsored
Powering the Future: How Electrification Is Reshaping Mobile Equipment
Explore how electrification is transforming outdoor mobile power equipment, reshaping drivetrain design, and creating new opportunities for dealers, landscapers, and…
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Latest Issue
Read Our March 2026 Issue
Welcome to the March digital edition of OPE Business magazine! The March issue of OPE+ highlights the next generation of…
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Sponsored
Put Pro-Grade Power to Work—Request a Live Demo
Sponsored Content by Echo For commercial landscapers, equipment is about power you can rely on, performance that holds up all…
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Best Practices
Owning Your Customer Data (Before Someone Else Does)
For decades, independent retailers built customer relationships the old-fashioned way. Handshakes, trust, memory and a good POS receipt drawer. The…
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Sponsored
M∞VA Universe in Silicon Valley: See Which MOVA Smart Gadget Fits Your Lawn, Garden & Home Projects
Sponsored Content by MOVA. On January 15, 2026, MOVA’s M∞VA Universe landed in San Francisco, gathering customers, media, business partners…
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Best Practices
Leveraging Social Media Without Losing Your Local Identity
Independent retailers walk a tightrope these days—one foot on Main Street, the other on the digital superhighway. Local identity is…
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Best Practices
Maximizing Word-of-Mouth in the Digital Age
Word-of-mouth has always been retail’s most persuasive force. But today, it doesn’t travel by coffee chats or chance encounters alone—it…
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Latest Issue
December 2025
Welcome to the December digital edition of OPE Business magazine! The December issue of OPE+ magazine examines mini skid-steers and why so…
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Sponsored
MOVA Debuts at Equip Expo 2025 with Its Latest Lineup of Garden Tools, Power Tools, and Robotic Lawn Mowers
Sponsored Content by MOVA. Introduction: Built for smarter yard care, the MOVA’s two latest robotic lawn mower series, LiDAX Ultra…
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Latest Issue
October 2025
Welcome to the October digital edition of OPE Business magazine! OPE+ goes inside Stihl AG in Wailbingen, Germany to learn…
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News
The role of topsoil in sustainable landscaping
By Alex Straughn Imagine moving into a newly built home and discovering your beautiful new lawn struggling to survive. One…
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Latest Issue
September 2025
Welcome to the September digital edition of OPE Business magazine! Chemistry is fun! And productive. In this issue, we cover…