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1). Combating Christmas Shopping Stress
Anne Gadsden handles Christmas shopping the "new fashioned" way. She puts on a CD of classical music such as Pachelbel's Canon in D, logs on to the internet, and starts surfing. The Newark mother of three says, "I've already done the store thing and now its time for me to get gifts for family members who don't live in New Jersey. I visit Amazon and Buy.
Article tags: christmas shopping, holiday shopping, thanksgiving, christmas, new years, happy holidays, retail
2). Retail Performance Best Practise Now In Reach Of Single Store Operators
In recent years, with the aid of sophisticated information technologies, multi-store retailers have developed a science out of Retail Performance Best Practices by putting into play real-time systems for recording and measuring performance KPIs at all levels of the organisation.
So sophisticated are these systems that they are able to tell employees, even at the operational level, exactly how they are standing up to the company’s vision, plans and objectives.
Article tags: retail performance, retail kpi, key performance indicators, improve sales, roster, retail
3). The Changing Face Of DIY Stores
DIY stores have changed massively over the last 20yrs. In fact the very Term DIY did not have the same impact to our lives then, as it does now. Back then when you visited your local hardware store, you spoke to the hardware man over a counter, I say man deliberately, who would then walk into their stores area, try to find your requirements from a very limited choice.
Article tags: diy, stores, b and q, home, depot, hardware, hobby, hobbies, garden, do, it, yourself, house, repair, retail, shop, bathroom, leisure
4). The Rise Of The Dollar Stores
Sheryl Huenster is a self proclaimed dollar store junkie. The Clifton mother of four makes the trek to various fixed price stores within a ten mile radius of her white clapboard home two or three times per week.
“I’m an addict. I admit it. I can’t go more than a week without visiting the stores, unless I’m on vacation. You better believe that when I go to the Jersey Shore I know where the all the stores are in the Toms River area,” she laughed.
Article tags: dollar stores, one dollar, retail, novelty stores, discount retailers, shopping, consumer trends
5). New Car Purchase – Answer You Have Been Looking For
Did you ever wonder why new vehicles have window stickers? Granted – it was a great way to let your neighbors know you just bought a new car!!
Here’s the real reason behind the sticker. In 1958, Senator Michael Monroney proposed a bill that would take the mystery out of new car prices. This bill required that every car manufacturer attach a label to the window that would show the suggested retail price (MSRP), transportation method, freight charges and accessory prices.
Article tags: classic, cars, price, new, showroom, mystery, truth, retail
6). Control Your Business With POS Software
In today’s times of automation, processed and classified information is a must given the complexity involved when managing a business unit.
Article tags: pos, point of sale, retail, retail software, computer, sales register
7). Wholesale Distribution Business: What is Direct Store Delivery?
Copyright 2006 Jorge Olson
Direct Store Delivery is one of the most important terms in the Wholesale Industry, especially in Wholesale Distribution. It means that you distribute to retail stores one by one.
Wholesale Distributors, Retailers and Manufacturers have to familiarize themselves with how DSD works because most accounts, category buyers and anyone who’s anybody will ask you about this if you are in the wholesale business.
Article tags: wholesale, buy wholesale, how to buy wholesale, find wholesale products, retail, wholesale distributor, wholesale distribution, distribution industry, distribution business, wholesale business, wholesale distribution business, wholesale supplier
8). Why open up a retail store?
Retailing is growing and growing fast. As one of the nation's largest sectors, the retail industry provides a wealth of opportunity to people who have the desire to forge their own path to success. One-third of the 500,000 or so new businesses created each year are retail businesses. The entrepreneurs risk their hard earned capital, dedicate their resources and make a life out of offering consumers something they need or want.
Article tags: employees, store supplies, retail, retail store, business
9). The Golden Rule of Customer Service
Can the simplest life lessons apply to our sales careers?
Article tags: customer service, sales, retail
10). Retail Executive Dashboard Does Not Serve Front Line Sales Managers
Retail Dashboards are pictures of spreadsheets used by executive managers to visually identify around five key performance indicators. Dashboards have gauges, like the speedometer in a car, and graphs and colour, to draw attention to areas of strong and weak performance of each retail store and the organisation as a whole. They may display: sales per hour, items per sale, average sale, conversion rate, and wage to sales ratio – at the store, regional, and national level.
Article tags: management retail, dashboard, scorecard, retail sales training, retail, retail performance, sales training
11). Retail Management – Identifying Each Salesperson’s Lowest KPI Can Boost Sales By 30%
Stick with me here for minute – its not hard math.
There are five retail KPI’s worth tracking at the individual Salesperson level: Sales per hour; items per sale; average sale; conversion rate; wage to sales ratio.
If you add them all up (individually) and divide by the number of staff you get the ‘store average’ of each KPI.
You can now compare each Salesperson’s five KPI’s to the ‘store average KPI’ instantly revealing the MOST deficient statistic or undersupplied KPI for each individual Salesperson.
Article tags: management retail, retail, sales, training, coaching, retail technology, retail sales training
12). Import Your Own Products And Make Your Profit Margin Miles Wider, Online Or Off
A message to retailers, home biz'ers and small biz'ers looking for ways to improve their profit margin, by doing their own importing of goods from other cintries - instead of depending on other importers and wholesalers.
Article tags: import, export, retail, wholesale, dropship, products, international trade
13). Harnessing Your Inner Used Car Salesman
The highest achievers in sales often are those who have mastered tight rope walking. Now, of course, I don’t mean literally tight rope walking! However, the best salespeople are those who can reach the perfect balance between empathy and genuine interest in the customer and having that killer instinct.
Article tags: sales, sales approach, customer service, retail
14). Jewelry Store Software Will Help Small Jewelers Compete With The ‘Big Guys’
Jewelry store software isn’t just something used exclusively in chain stores. In fact, anyone dealing in fine jewelry and gems should have a jewelry store software program to help them run their business. However, many small and private establishments forgo looking into computer software with dire consequences. While they might have a computer and a database of some sort, they fail to look into jewelry store software for fear the cost would be too great or the programming too complicated.
Article tags: database management software, database, marketing, retail
15). The Pretty Woman Theory
Each initial contact we make with a prospective customer can make or break not only that sale, but potentially dozens more.
Article tags: customer service, sales, retail, sales approach