Retail Management
Running a retail store or thinking of starting a retail business? These retail resources include information on retail store display, retail store management, retail sales and retail organizations.
Tips for Handling Store Returns
To make the store return a positive customer experience, you need to be sure both your return policy and your return process match your customer service goals. These tips for handling store returns will ensure you're providing customer service rather than disservice.
To make the store return a positive customer experience, you need to be sure both your return policy and your return process match your customer service goals. These tips for handling store returns will ensure you're providing customer service rather than disservice.
Doing Credit Checks Can Really Pay Off
Doing a credit check on a customer before you extend credit can save you money and buy you peace of mind. And the best credit check is an accurate credit report. Learn how and where to get credit reports in Canada.
Doing a credit check on a customer before you extend credit can save you money and buy you peace of mind. And the best credit check is an accurate credit report. Learn how and where to get credit reports in Canada.
Steps to Prevent Credit Card Fraud
Whether you have a brick-and-mortar business or an online one, credit card fraud is costing you money. This credit card fraud prevention checklist explains what your business can do to prevent credit card fraud, whether you're dealing with credit card customers face-to-face, over the phone, or through the Internet.
Whether you have a brick-and-mortar business or an online one, credit card fraud is costing you money. This credit card fraud prevention checklist explains what your business can do to prevent credit card fraud, whether you're dealing with credit card customers face-to-face, over the phone, or through the Internet.
Credit Card Fraud Behavior Tip-Offs
One way that your business can help prevent credit card fraud is by ensuring that all your staff are aware of these suspicious behaviors that may indicate someone's about to try paying for a purchase with a counterfeit or stolen credit card.
One way that your business can help prevent credit card fraud is by ensuring that all your staff are aware of these suspicious behaviors that may indicate someone's about to try paying for a purchase with a counterfeit or stolen credit card.
Credit Card Fraud
The first step in credit card fraud prevention is knowing what types of credit card fraud exist. This credit card fraud definition explains.
The first step in credit card fraud prevention is knowing what types of credit card fraud exist. This credit card fraud definition explains.
Customer Service Lessons From 2 Top Retailers
The same customer service approach that works for large Canadian retailers will work for people running smaller retail stores. See what can be learned about retail management from these two top retailers.
The same customer service approach that works for large Canadian retailers will work for people running smaller retail stores. See what can be learned about retail management from these two top retailers.
Halloween Retail Profits Will Be Monstrous
Retail statistics and predictions about Halloween from the Retail Council of Canada. Only Christmas is bigger.
Retail statistics and predictions about Halloween from the Retail Council of Canada. Only Christmas is bigger.
Relocation May Make Cents
Two examples of business people who relocated their retail stores provide valuable lessons for anyone thinking of moving their business.
Two examples of business people who relocated their retail stores provide valuable lessons for anyone thinking of moving their business.
Haul Out the Holly
About Retail Industry Guide Melody Vargas explains how to plan for the retail holiday selling season early so you'll have more time, greater flexibility, and happier customers later.
About Retail Industry Guide Melody Vargas explains how to plan for the retail holiday selling season early so you'll have more time, greater flexibility, and happier customers later.
Inventory Shrinkage Costing Canadian Retailers Billions
Merchandise shrinkage costs Canadian retailers nearly $3 billion annually, about $8 million per day in lost inventory, according to the Retail Council of Canada's 2003 Canadian Retail Security Report. From About Retail Industry.
Merchandise shrinkage costs Canadian retailers nearly $3 billion annually, about $8 million per day in lost inventory, according to the Retail Council of Canada's 2003 Canadian Retail Security Report. From About Retail Industry.
Pricing and Small Retailers
In this six part series, retail experts Joel Evans and Barry Berman offer tips to help you improve your pricing decisions and explain how small retailers can prosper even in a discount-oriented environment by developing a sound pricing strategy (About Retail Industry).
In this six part series, retail experts Joel Evans and Barry Berman offer tips to help you improve your pricing decisions and explain how small retailers can prosper even in a discount-oriented environment by developing a sound pricing strategy (About Retail Industry).
Tips for Selecting Retail Point of Sale Software
Jeff Haefner, retail software expert and author of The Point of Sale Software Buyers Guide - How to Choose POS Software and Avoid Problems, offers tips for selecting a retail point-of-sale system (About Retail Industry).
Jeff Haefner, retail software expert and author of The Point of Sale Software Buyers Guide - How to Choose POS Software and Avoid Problems, offers tips for selecting a retail point-of-sale system (About Retail Industry).
Departmentalizing & Inventory Management in a Retail Store
How to organize a retail store into departments for managing your retail store's inventory more effectively (Saskatchewan Industry and Resources).
How to organize a retail store into departments for managing your retail store's inventory more effectively (Saskatchewan Industry and Resources).
Retail Council Of Canada
"The Voice of Retail" is a not-for-profit association with more than 9,000 members representing all retail formats, including national and regional department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, independent stores and online merchants.
"The Voice of Retail" is a not-for-profit association with more than 9,000 members representing all retail formats, including national and regional department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, independent stores and online merchants.
Retail Store Fast Facts
An outline of the regulations and permits you may need to operate a retail store in Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Business Service Centre).
An outline of the regulations and permits you may need to operate a retail store in Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Business Service Centre).
Shoestring Merchandising Tips for Retail Store Display
Before you spend a fortune on retail store display, have a look at these seven inexpensive retail store display tips from Inspire Retail Solutions.
Before you spend a fortune on retail store display, have a look at these seven inexpensive retail store display tips from Inspire Retail Solutions.
Starting a Retail Clothing Store
If you're interested in starting a retail clothing store, you'll want to read this guide, which provides an industry overview and information on regulations, retail store display and retai management as well as information specific to starting a retail business in Saskatchewan (Canada Saskatchewan Business Service Centre).
If you're interested in starting a retail clothing store, you'll want to read this guide, which provides an industry overview and information on regulations, retail store display and retai management as well as information specific to starting a retail business in Saskatchewan (Canada Saskatchewan Business Service Centre).
Bar Code Standards
An explanation of the different types of bar codes and documents on using bar codes, such as "Bar Coding Basics for Shipping Containers" "Bar Coding for Designers, Printers and Packagers" (GS1 Canada).
An explanation of the different types of bar codes and documents on using bar codes, such as "Bar Coding Basics for Shipping Containers" "Bar Coding for Designers, Printers and Packagers" (GS1 Canada).
Winning Retail
This instructional guide from Industry Canada includes sections on everything from retail store display through retail management.
This instructional guide from Industry Canada includes sections on everything from retail store display through retail management.