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What to do When You receive a Bad Check
As a small business operator, personal checks may be one method to receive payment for your goods or services. As a way to receive payment, a personal check is actually better than credit cards because the fees are less and there can be no charge back. Fortunately, most people are honest...
What 80% of Businesses Don’t Know: Tips for Improving Your Working Capital Management
What is the number one way to prevent failure in business? Take a minute to really think about your answer. What comes to mind? Increasing patients or customers served? Effective marketing? Location, location, location? Improving patient or customer care? Being the best in your industry? Although these...
Are Your Meetings Smart?
Soon after I finished a brief seminar on how to accomplish more in less time every day, Roger shook my hand and said, I can use what you said. But there is one thing you didnt talk about. It is something that drives me crazy. I cant get anything done...
The Retailer’s Calendar
The Julian calendar we use to pass the time every day, every week, every month and every year is the one most commonly used by businesses. Its general availability and familiarity make it a natural selection. However, the Julian calendar was certainly not devised with the peculiar needs of the...
Shrinkage Control
What has been your store’s shrinkage experience for the last two years? What will it be this year? If it has not been as good as it should have been, now is the time to analyze the possible causes and take steps to keep shrinkage in line this...
Policy & Procedure Manuals – Tools For Greater Productivity and Efficiency
In today’s tough retail environment the retailer needs all the tools he can get to help improve efficiency, productivity, and the bottom line. Two of these tools are the company’s Policy Manual and Procedure Manual. In working with independent retailers throughout the country we have found that the majority do...
