I'm on vacation this week in Hawaii and yesterday I stopped by a local mall with a very large cart program. Usually when I go to a cart, I meet an employee or a manager, but at this program, I was particularly impressed by the number of owners who were onsite working.

At one cart, I met a very nice woman (she had just opened her first last month) who asked me lots of questions about specialty retailing. How do other cart retailers find the best products, what sales per day are average for cart retailers, how location in the mall can impact sales, tips for increasing cart sales, etc.

Of course, I handed her a copy of Specialty Retail Report, but I also referred her to the newest addition to our website—our Cart & Kiosk Forum, dedicated to the needs of the cart and kiosk industry.

I hope you take the time to check out the forum and post (or answer) a question or two. It's not just for cart and kiosk owners, but manufacturers, specialty leasing managers (we even have a private section dedicated for SLMs) and anyone involved (or who wants to get involved) in the retail industry.

(Oh, and for the next three months everyone who signs up for an account will be entered to win an iPod Nano… we're giving away one per month.)