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March 7, 2012

Aftab Hashambhai and 9 other people answered this question

How can small retailers encourage customer loyalty?

‘Social Media & Mobility: Learning from Retail’ - A webinar that explains the strategies employed by leading retailers to engage with their tech-savvy customers through social media and mobility, success stories and failures, and impact of these retail innovations. Register now for the Webinar now ... more

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March 7, 2012

Aftab Hashambhai and 1 other person answered this question

What social media tactics should retailers use to capitalize on Black Friday & Cyber Monday?

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Jan. 5, 2012

Alan Dash and 3 other people answered this question

Will a brick & mortar app store succeed?

Yes - they can do it from home today - but it's that instant 'feel' - that need to bring it home that I want to attract and satisfy, while protecting my inventory and creating more space for even more inventory. Some 'things' I'll order ... more

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Dec. 1, 2011

Paula Rosenblum answered this question

Does a competitve or integrative model best describe retail strategies for online & instore promos?

A big question, and the answer is "It depends". There are still a lot of retail merchants who view the web as cannibalizing their store sales - but that's because compensation strategies are channel specific. The more clever retailers are associating web sales with their ... more

Nov. 28, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 1 other person answered this question

Do you think we'll see an increase in hiring this holiday season?

The fact that Black Friday produced a 7% sales increase over last year (according to ABC News on Sunday) was not entirely due to the opening after midnight effort to extend hours (at least not alone). That exceeded even my optimisitic prediction of 6% for ... more

Nov. 28, 2011

Steve Weprin asked a question

What rationale exists to open a retail store on Thanksgiving Day? Aren't there potential negatives?

Nov. 28, 2011

Victorio Milian asked a question

How will retailers change their Black Friday sales strategies to avoid a backlash?

Nov. 21, 2011

John Murphy asked a question

How to develop a customer centered strategy for retail business, offline and online?

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Nov. 3, 2011

Laurie Brown asked a question

How can you keep your employees engaged and effective during the busy holiday season?

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Sept. 25, 2011

Sam Goff answered this question

Why are retailers shifting budget from Google to Bing?

Not sure one is better than the other, most companies optimize for both. Bing and Yahoo own a 31.6% market share in the US, with the total search volume adding up to 5.2 billion searches per month.
I think opportunities in a less competitive market ... more

Sept. 4, 2011

Maria Marsala answered this question

How can small businesses get their own QR codes?

I went to http://qrcode.kaywa.com

Aug. 30, 2011

Nomaan Latif asked a question

How are large consumer product vendors thinking about their retail channel sales strategy?

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Aug. 18, 2011

Kelley Robertson and 6 other people answered this question

How much and what kind of training do retail salespeople receive?

Michael,
A friend of mine used to do the same exercise when he did retail training and he got the same results.
It's such a simple step that sooooooo many sales people (retail AND B2B) simply don't execute.
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