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• Added on: Oct 27th, 2009
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: doron
• Listed in: Business Coaching Small Business
• Tags: small business training productivity retail managment profitability

Recent Posts

• Canada’s second unofficial currency gets a new addition.

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 10:42 in loyalty, loyalty program, retail industry, canadian tire, canadian tire money, customer rewards program, canadian tire options master card

  Canadian Tire Money is probably one of the most successful retail loyalty programs out there. If you haven’t heard of it, the program is very simple. You buy stuff; you get Canadian Tire Money back on your purchase when you pay by cash or debit. Th...

• Basket Building: What’s the last thing your customers see?

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 08:23 in customer service, word of mouth marketing, basket, retail industry, black friday, christmas season, profitability, store layout, small business management, cash register, small business retail, last impressions

  Big box retailers put a lot of thought into store layouts and formats. Some work really well while others leave you wondering: “what could they possibly be thinking?” Smaller retailers do not have access to the vast amounts of resources that the ...

• Localization strategy even more relevant during consumer spending slowdown

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 11:44 in customer service, productivity, retail, basket, retail industry, localization, black friday, christmas season, profitability, small business management, small business retail, local store marketing

  These are truly competitive times for retailers. Reduced foot traffic combined with a consumer pullback in spending is creating huge challenges for merchants of all sizes. The question becomes: How can we get less customers to spend more in our store...

• Building the basket: an art form

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 11:19 in small business, customer service, productivity, competition, empowerment, retail, efficiency, basket, ownership, retail industry, black friday, christmas season

  The Black Friday hype is over and like most retailers, you are probably experiencing a drop off in foot traffic in the store. This is where merchants need to ramp up their external marketing machine. The other focus should be on building a bigger bas...

• Early predictions point to a positive Black Friday but…..

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 09:08 in customer service, competition, retail, basket, ownership, merchant, retail industry, black friday, christmas season, profitability, small business management, small business retail

  The early buzz on the ‘net is that Black Friday wasn’t as much as a dud as everyone feared. In fact, the wonderful folks at Shoppertrak (article here) have given us a number to chew on. Our industry saw a .5 percent increase over last year. Say i...

• Change is a good thing

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 08:19 in customer service, social networking, motivation, productivity, empowerment, retail, efficiency, basket, ownership, retail industry, black friday, merchandising

  Can someone tell me when the Christmas season starts? I always thought it was the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US (see my rants about Black Friday here). I’ve seen some Christmas seasonal sections deployed as early as right after Labor Day. Som...

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