Traditional retail is facing massive uncertainty in the wake of numerous store and business closures over the past few years. Many reasons have been given for these closures: high rents, the economy, staffing, online competition, overseas players and a shift in customer buying habits. Global giants like
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Who wouldn’t, so it’s fairly redundant question. However in the world of retail where I have been working for 25+ years, I don’t come across amazing retail staff all that often. And this mediocre performance is killing traditional retail. Working in retail is tough, long hours on
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I love sharing research from Gallup as their ability to find out in depth what makes leaders tick, is legendary. Their most recent article highlighted 8 behaviours of the world’s best leaders, so I wanted to share them with you, plus I have added some of my
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If we thought 2019 was tough for traditional retailers, 2020 is going to see even more disruption. It’s been a shocking start to the year with recent announcements of 169 store closures, at Bardot, Curious Planet, Harris Scarfe, EB games and Bose. Then on top of that
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