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.

The Psychology Behind the Online Consumer Checkout

What aspects of consumer psychology should we be aware of when our company is engaged in online retailing? Take a look at this infographic from Great Britain’s 360vouchercodes.co.uk. Consumer Psychology & The E-Commerce Checkout  

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Making Service Bookings More Efficient

One challenge for service retailers is smoothing out their customer traffic so as to maximize the efficient use of the firms’ available time. Now, this can be done through online software applications. One such application is from WooCommerce: “What’s the … Continue reading

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Don’t Be a Stereotype at Work

As part of our self branding, we need to be confident and communicative about ourselves and our career skills in order to get promoted or to pursue a new job track. Check out this Wall Street Journal video for more … Continue reading

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