There's a very important annual job for you, the owner, and all of your senior staff. It's vital, and it involves your presence. The pressures are mounting on your stores, and in particular, your front line staff.
Except for the lingering sugar high, Halloween is soon to be behind us. Retailers know what that means: on to the Holiday Season! Of course, for most retailers that brings a major focus on sales. But, savvy retailers are focused especially on the targeted ending inventory on December 31. Those retailers are carefully watching sales reports, and are poised for action.
As the Holiday Season approaches, finding good help promises to be especially challenging for retailers this year. Then, we read "10 Things to Know to Get And Keep Retail Jobs," a to-the-point commentary from Bob Phibbs*, who specializes in retail sales training. Here are his Top Ten recommendations for prospective retail employees:
We recently learned of a restaurant with a kids menu which is quite unusual. Of course, having a kids menu is not unique. But here's what IS unusual about this one.
When kids are asked "What would you like to eat?", often their answers can range from "I don't know" to "I don't care."
But at this restaurant, here is what each all-too-familiar answer brings to the table:
In the free enterprise system, owners are free to succeed. And free to fail. That's why The Retail Owners Institute has defined the #1 responsibility of the Owner as the survival of the business. But then, the owner must define "Why?" Why are we doing this, anyway? Why are we working so hard for this business to survive and thrive?
As the final third of the year approaches, there's a "new era" afoot. There is optimism in the air. Optimism? Really? Yes! And it could catch a lot of folks by surprise.
You've no doubt seen the headlines and the commentary:
Consumer spending is up, but not on what was expected, especially those publicly-traded chains that must report quarterly.
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