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“Retail Sales Training: Pepper Your Presentation to Remove Insecurity” by Bob Phibbs (The Retail Doctor)

by admin | Dec 4, 2021 | HR, Resources, Retail Strategy

Ever been at a great dinner and used the salt instead of the pepper? The whole entree is ruined. This retail sales training blog is about peppering your approach to avoid the salt of insecurity. A colleague of mine, Carol Spiekerman posted this on her blog. I...

“Concerns over omicron could shift spending away from experiences, retail trade group says” by Melissa Repko via CNBC

by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Corona Virus, Holiday, News, Statistics

A person with a hand full of shopping bags walks by as Black Friday sales begin at The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky, November 26, 2021.Jon Cherry | Reuters KEY POINTS National Retail Federation CEO Matt Shay said Tuesday that the new...

“Jump on Board with Locally” by Calista Tufankjian

by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Associate Members, Local Search, Resources, Retail Strategy

 Come ride the Locally wave Are you Looking for a new way to connect brands and shoppers? Locally is your answer. Locally is a dynamic store and product locator company with thousands of retailers integrated providing shoppers with nearby, in stock products...

“The Future of Surf Pools” by Dashel Pierson via Surfline.com

by admin | Dec 1, 2021 | Awards, Industry, News, Surf

Anyone with even the faintest interest in surfing can likely remember where they were, what they were doing, when the first video of Kelly Slater’s wavepool dropped. (I was on the couch, soaking in the reality of Adriano de Souza’s World Title win, which...

“Investing in Associates is Good for Business” by Rob Klitsch via Total Retail

by admin | Nov 30, 2021 | HR, Industry, Retail Strategy

The tide is turning in retail. Despite staff and supply shortages that may burden shoppers and encumber stores during the holiday season, signs of growing optimism for the future abound. While last year the industry underwent a scourge of bankruptcies and...