Tag Archives: retail analytics

Measuring Whether Retailers Are Providing Good Jobs

Posted on October 8, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As we have reported before, it is critical for retailers to better understand and motivate their employees. With that in mind, what retailers are doing best with employee relations and performance? Recently, Zeynep Ton, an adjunct associate professor the MIT Sloan School of Management, … Continue reading →

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Fighting Credit Card Fraud

Posted on October 7, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Credit card fraud costs retailers, consumers, banks, and credit card firms billions and billions of dollars worldwide — and that only includes the fraud we know about, not the fraud that goes unreported. This post focuses on online credit card … Continue reading →

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Hands-On Tools to Improve Profitability

Posted on September 10, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As we have reported before, the Retail Owners Institute (ROI) provides many free or inexpensive resources. For example, see 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.  Here are two other helpful resources from ROI: The ROI’s SPEEDY Expense Analyzer for Retailers — “Analyzing business … Continue reading →

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