Tuesday, January 06, 2009

"Retailers: Turn on Your Financial Headlights!"™                                                                            ROI Site Tour

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The Brand Marketing Book

The Brand Marketing Book

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Mission to mitigate: the loss prevention...

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The World Market for Herbicides, Weed...

The World Market for Herbicides, Weed Killers, Antisprouting Products, and Plant-Growth Regulators for Retail Sale: A 2009 Global Trade Perspective

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How-To Articles for Retailers from The ROI
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Retail Sales Forecasting: Part Art, Part Science

If you are like many retailers, you probably haven’t put together a comprehensive business plan since you first went into business (if you did it then!). But a carefully thought-out plan is essential to the success of your retail business. Owners and managers who plan ahead invariably achieve more than those who don’t take the time to draw up forecasts and set realistic goals for their stores. read more ...


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Training Salespeople to Sell

The first principle of retail selling is...it's a sales job!  It’s not a good idea to hire timid, unsure people who avoid the inevitable confrontations that selling entails. On the other hand, if you hold out for natural salespeople, you are going to be chronically understaffed.
So what do you do? You select the people with the most potential and give them the tools needed to be successful.
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 Your Bookkeeper Quit?

Learn Basic Retail Finance

No retailer really wants to pay for bookkeeping or accounting. But it's necessary for two reasons: (1) to accurately satisfy the I.R.S.; (2) to accurately show where the business has been and where it is now.

This second reason is essential for what REALLY matters: doing better in the future!

The ROI has developed The Screening Test for Retail Bookkeepers. As an ROI Member you may download a free copy of that test to use as you interview prospective bookkeepers.




 



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Retail Business Insights
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Tough Balancing Act
Buying merchandise successfully is both an art and a science. The art of it is what makes retailing so exciting, and attracts so many entrants. It's also what frequently brings exuberance and over-buying.
Ah, that's why "successful" buying includes the science component. Open-to-Buy budgeting is a science...and equally as vital as the art of buying.



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