Category Archives: Part 5: Managing a Retail Business

This sub-category encompasses retail organizational structures, human resource management, financial operations management, and operational operations management.

Better Understanding a Consumer Credit Report

As shoppers and as retailers, we know that an individual’s credit score is very important in determining the rate of interest a person pays for a credit card or loan transaction, how much they are able to buy on credit … Continue reading

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A Retail Checklist from Applause°

Applause° offers “a worldwide community of digital experience experts to help you improve every phase of software development.” It “connects your apps, Web sites, IoT products, and in-store experiences to uTest, the world’s largest community of digital experience quality experts.” Recently, … Continue reading

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Should Employee Compensation Be Transparent?

This is certainly a controversial topic, with great differences of opinion. For example: Yes — This is part of a more open company communication style with its employees. No — This invades privacy and can cause dissension among employees. What … Continue reading

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