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Better Understanding and Motivating Employees

Posted on September 21, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Retail employees can have a tremendous impact on the customer experience and customer satisfaction, as even giant firms such as Wal-Mart have learned.  Therefore, employee morale is quite important. As Jeff Fermin reports for Officevibe: “Employee feedback is becoming a major … 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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How to Be More Motivated at Work

Posted on September 8, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Would you consider yourself to be motivated about your work? Or are you lethargic and bored by your job? Of course, we should want to answer yes to question 1 and no to question 2. According to HubSpot: “Do you … Continue reading →

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