Bill Simmons warns that "spending too much time focused on the big picture can mean that we fail to pay necessary attention to the little details" and urges business owners to take a close look at their current operations and the small print of their agreements.

Warner, 38, announced his retirement last Friday, saying he was walking away from the game after 12 seasons while he still could walk.

Standard Publishing--one of the major five suppliers of the outreach curriculum materials and the company that first used the term, almost 90 years ago--has dialed down the "glitz" factor for its 2010 offering.

The publishers group released its listing of last year's best-performing titles with its February charts. Francis Chan's Crazy Love (David C. Cook) was third in the 2009 list, ahead of Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson). The top 10 also included Gary Chapman's perennial The Five Love Languages (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers) at No.6.

The Atlanta-based rock band was recognized in the Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album category for the Live Revelations: On Stage, Off Stage, Backstage CD (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution). Third Day's prior GRAMMY trophies were for the group's Essential Records albums Come Together (2002), Wire (2005) and Wherever You Are (2006).

Celebrating 10 years in 2010, the Retailers Choice Awards have been increasingly acknowledged as an important way of recognizing some of the most significant new life-changing products in the Christian retail industry.

Running through March 30, the show is hosted by Christian Retailing magazine, highlighting some of the key new and backlist products from leading suppliers.