
Annual Marketing Plans Yes or No
To plan or not to plan? That is the question. Taking time to put together annual plans can make a huge difference in your operations. When you plan well in advance what you are going to market in your stores it gives you leverage to capitalize on each promo being...
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Who’s Really In Charge?
All businesses have an owner or owners. That is pretty easy to acknowledge. Who actually runs the business, makes decisions, and has the authority for staffing changes can be a huge grey area. Companies that have clear guidelines on roles, freedoms and...
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Why Try New Things
I meet with store owners and key decision makers on a weekly basis. You have those that are always looking for whats new and others who just keep doing things the way they have always done it. I am a big proponent of "if it's not broke don't fix it". However, just...
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Tell Show Do Review Staff Training
Training new team members is an investment in them and the business. Fast tracking some one through on boarding may save labor dollars upfront but it can bite you in the butt later on. We all have different personality types and thus we all have different ways of...
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