Band Aid song - is the criticism justified? 24th November 2014 1:14 PM
How about a hugely promoted charity song to help all the sick, homeless and elderly in the UK for a change...just a thought!
PostsHolidays - do you / can you switch off? 20th November 2014 10:30 AM ...and i'm a bloke, so i don't think it can be the baby thing Holidays - do you / can you switch off? 20th November 2014 10:16 AM Today is my 81st straight day on my Shopping Centre Stall/Unit, no day off, no lunch break, no 2nd person, just moi...us McTurk's are hardcore
That said i have, uhm, thrown-up for the last 3 mornings in a row Brands getting down and dirty what's your view 20th November 2014 10:10 AM I think 'Price-Match' is a waste of time.
If my Products that renew each year e.g. Insurance Shold loyal customers be penalised? 19th November 2014 11:14 AM This has always irked my insides, new customers get joining offers which are better than the offers that existing long-term customers are on. I'm in retail and existing customers get 10% off of their purchase as a thank-you for coming back. Using incentives to make the team work 12th November 2014 10:34 AM
“I guess some people do need that extra push. When I worked for Argos they had an incentive in store, the Manager would give a box of chocs to the member of staff who sold the most insurance. A few staff did go for it, I couldn't be bothered I guess it was the start of me loosing all interest in the job. But when Phoenix Trading promote an incentive, I get really excited about it. I can use the incentive as a goal to reach. This in turn helps to grow my business. I know other direct sells companies offer holidays and new cars as incentives, if it didn't work they wouldn't do it. The proof is in the pudding, an incentive can bring out the best in people. A company that doesn't need to use incentives must be in a minority nowadays. ”
If Companies need to do it that's all good, and if someone gets an extra drive from it that is also good, however i just think/expect people to do everything possible whether there is something extra in it for them or not. Using incentives to make the team work 11th November 2014 12:01 PM I've always been against 'Incentive Schemes', for me it's simply a case of if someone needs an incentive to get the best out of them then they shouldn't have been hired in the first place. Disappearing High Street or simple retail evolution? 5th November 2014 2:02 PM I can't say i know much about the big multi-million pound stores as i've always worked for Independents, people who have 4 or 5 ' trendy lifestyle stores'.
But the people i get at my Unit love seeing something a bit different, not seeing items that you will find in 5 other shops along the same High Street.
I genuinely think people are not necessarily bored with High Street's and Shopping Centres, but bored with every single one of them looking exactly the same, same shops, same locations.
When you get the odd little shop popping up, doing something different and more often than not, being very one-on-one providing good old-fashioned service, the rents are such a stretch that they end up closing...and being replaced with a Charity shop.
So Landlords, rather than help out who they have, getting a reasonable rent and helping to provide something different, would rather take close to nothing from Charity shop's and wait for yet another phone shop to move in and charge them a full whack. Disappearing High Street or simple retail evolution? 5th November 2014 11:00 AM Bit of a short, sharp response from me here... Landlords need to drop rents for 'real' traders. Charity shops have some of the very best locations and pay barely anything, how many Charity shops does one High Street or Shopping Centre actually need Danger Mouse set to return 30th October 2014 12:49 PM
“So: to catch up on the Dangermouse news:
A) Clive, did it screen ? B) Kempres, Did themed product sales take off like a rocket? Ummm, Nope!
I've sold a few Dangermouse wallets and mugs but no more than usual really
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