54 min
Ep 2 - Unbalanced presents Kris Hartner UnBalanced - Keith Kelly and Kevin Adams
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- Health & Fitness
The COVID-19 Pandemic has really impacted independently owned businesses throughout the world. The running specialty channel is not immune to economic hardship but this pandemic has presented a whole new set of challenges. On this episode of Unbalanced, Keith and Kevin sit down with Kris Hartner, owner of Naperville Running Company in Naperville IL, to talk about what steps he is taking to ensure his customers are staying on board and his staff are being kept employed and active. We talk about the origins of Naperville Run Co, how it came to be one of the beacons of the running specialty channel, and more importantly how one of the best stores in the country is enduring the same issues as everyone else. How are they adapting to this new norm, What has worked and what isn’t working, And what does the future look like. This is the first of many conversations we will have with specialty owners throughout the country. We want to highlight that as an industry we are all in this together. From elite runners who just found out the Olympics is postponed to the RSA who has been furloughed, the impact on everyone who is involved in running is very significant. And we all need to encourage everyone to stay motivated, positive, and stay at home, isolated from others as much as possible.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has really impacted independently owned businesses throughout the world. The running specialty channel is not immune to economic hardship but this pandemic has presented a whole new set of challenges. On this episode of Unbalanced, Keith and Kevin sit down with Kris Hartner, owner of Naperville Running Company in Naperville IL, to talk about what steps he is taking to ensure his customers are staying on board and his staff are being kept employed and active. We talk about the origins of Naperville Run Co, how it came to be one of the beacons of the running specialty channel, and more importantly how one of the best stores in the country is enduring the same issues as everyone else. How are they adapting to this new norm, What has worked and what isn’t working, And what does the future look like. This is the first of many conversations we will have with specialty owners throughout the country. We want to highlight that as an industry we are all in this together. From elite runners who just found out the Olympics is postponed to the RSA who has been furloughed, the impact on everyone who is involved in running is very significant. And we all need to encourage everyone to stay motivated, positive, and stay at home, isolated from others as much as possible.
54 min