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Blurring the Lines Between QSR and Retail

Modern Restaurant Management

You can also walk into a trendy clothing retailer and find t-shirts from QSRs with both vintage and current logos. Yet they share a similar objective – influencing and serving customers wherever they are and with whatever they want. In fact, effortless navigation was critical for survival during the time of no-contact service.

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Retail Management 101: 20 Skills You Need To Have

Sling

Effective retail management requires a vast array of skills. We’ve created a guide to retail management including the specific skills you need to be successful as both a manager and a leader. We’ve created a guide to retail management including the specific skills you need to be successful as both a manager and a leader.

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A Guide to Achieving Success With Retail Recruitment

SpotOn

A successful retail operation needs a great team. This is because, to a huge extent, retail is all about personality. Establishing a rapport with the customer, finding out their needs, and pointing out the solutions your business offers are elements that some people find easier than others.  What is retail recruitment?

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THE INTER-DEPENDANCE OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY RESTAURANTS

Culinary Cues

The stores were empty, and restaurant service staff were staring out windows from the vantage of unfilled seats. One of the most difficult tasks that any restaurateur or chef faces is convincing a customer to walk through the door for the first or twentieth time. Restaurants need to share this with their community of businesses.

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Bottom Line Shrinking? Five Ways Retailers Can Optimize Labor to Minimize Costs

Hot Schedules

Five Ways Retailers Can Optimize Labor to Minimize Costs. T he return of in-person shopping has happened at varying rates depending on local lockdown restrictions, but the universal truth for most retail stores has been the massive shift to ecommerce —an estimated jump of $183 billion — cutting into brick and mortar profits.

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Consumers Welcome Some Restaurant Automation, Reject Others

Modern Restaurant Management

Operators must weigh guest acceptance while making strategic decisions about integrating automation at many restaurant touch points, according to Software Advice’s 2024 Automated Customer Experience Survey. Automated technology can help businesses cut costs and give customers the experiences they want.

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Rethinking Pay Norms: How Retailers Can Attract Exceptional Talent

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Rethinking Pay Norms: How Retailers Can Attract Exceptional Talent. Many industries have been able to increase hourly wages by passing on extra costs to consumers, but retail has historically been an exception. Turnover across the retail industry is at 4.4 So, what’s driving workers away from the retail industry?

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