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Your retail business, like a garden, needs tending to grow financially strong. Just as water, sunshine and the proper soil help produce healthy plants, your store needs the right attention to ensure strength and maximize profits. read more ...
We’ve all shopped stores that have made such a bad first impression we’ve vowed they won’t have the opportunity to make a second. But even if you consider yourself a critical shopper, you may have a blind spot when it comes to evaluating your own store. That’s why it’s important to step back and look at your store from a shopper’s point of view. read more ...
An often overlooked and underutilized strategic tool for retailers is the design of their store. The “theater of retail”—the art form of the total shopping experience—offers wonderful opportunities to attract and retain your best customers and to truly highlight your merchandise. To get you started, here are The ROI's ABC's of store design to help you maximize your retail environment. read more ...
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No retailer really wants to pay for bookkeeping or accounting. But it's necessary for two reasons: (1) to accurately satisfy the I.R.S.; (2) to accurately show where the business has been and where it is now. This second reason is essential for what REALLY matters: doing better in the future! The ROI has developed The Screening Test for Retail Bookkeepers. As an ROI Member you may download a free copy of that test to use as you interview prospective bookkeepers. For more information, see The ROI's Bookkeeping Articles.