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The Retailer's Role In Quality Retailing - The Emerging Scenario In India
In these times of tough competition among the retailers, if they indulge in price wars, it tends to reduce their profitability. It has been observed that customers give more importance to product quality and customer service than to price. Many companies have been able to sustain themselves in spite of charging a higher price for their product than their competitors with the help of better customer service. Steps such as mystery shopping, due diligence and visual merchandising can go a long way in developing trust and confidence in the minds of the customers and ensure their long-term support.
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How to Be Noticed
This article provides tips about how to advertise in a magazine. It is not as easy as paying the magazine to have your ad present- you need to consider size, color, and content.
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Never Work Again
Article discusses the process of franchising. It takes some thought as to what business will do well where, but other than that aspect, it is pretty easy to establish your own franchise business. You can become your own boss and still have the insight and experience of a pre-established business behind you.
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Preparing Your Company for Audits
The configurable auditing features available in some automated records management systems. The advantages of using an audit package in conjunction with a records management system are illustrated.
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People Who Run Good Meetings: They Really Do Exist!
This article is about the best practices which people who run great meetings use. It also covers the things you must do to have a great meeting. It is useful for any tuype of meeting - corporate or club or association, business or voluntary.
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BCG Matrix
There are various strategy models applied by companies to define their strategy of development.
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Planning a Memorable Corporate Theme Party
For this year's corporate theme party, let’s travel back in time to the roaring twenties when prohibition, gambling, and gangsters, and jazz ruled the world. Costumes, decorations, and music can provide the perfect ambiance to make your corporate party shine.
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Medical Billing - Barcoding
Unlike the regular retail world, the products of the medical billing world don't all have UPC codes. In order to solve this problem, barcoding was created. In this installment, we cover the basics of barcoding and the DME system.
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The Importance of Business Checks
So you've started your own business, and you're as proud as can be! You've got your business cards, complete with the custom logo that you had created especially for your new endeavor.
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Limit Your Company's Liability - Start a Vehicle Accident Prevention Program
Motor vehicle crashes cost US employers over $60 billion annually in medical costs, legal expenditure, property damage, and lost productivity. While costs by state and Industry vary, on-the-job crash injuries (fatal and non-fatal) amount to about 6.5 percent of all crash injuries. As a result, the cost of workers' compensation, Social Security benefits, health and disability insurance continues to rise. An investment in a comprehensive motor vehicle accident prevention program can be a winning approach to reducing these expenses and an effective tool for helping limit your company's liability exposure.
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Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Valuation Issues Q&A
ESOPs have become an effective tool in corporate finance and tax planning. Not only do they provide retirement benefits and incentives to employees but an ESOP can provide unique ways to transition company management in tax favored environments. An ESOP can even be used to increase cash flow or convert debt to a pre-tax environment.
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Importing from China to the United States
Guess what? China is now the third largest trade partner of the USA. Importing from China is only going to become more and more common as China opens its arms to international trade.
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Raising your Profile - Postering
One great way to raise the profile of your issue or promote your events is postering. There are two main steps to carrying this task out.
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A Concise Guide to MICR and Associated Technologies
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) was developed to utilize the benefits of computer technology in the banking industry. Prior to the use of a MICR line, check sorting by account number was a manual process. Two systems were previously used to handle the large numbers of checks processed in the banking industry: Sort-A-Matic and Top Tab Key Sort.
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Business Stress and its Causes
Business stress is felt during times of conflict, pressure, loss, illness or anxiety. It describes the frantic pace of business life. Everyone reacts differently to stress. Some people can cope and take it in their stride; others find the pressure too much and buckle under. Much of the stress, anxiety, and the sense of overload that people carry is because they feel their lives are out of control. Stress seems to come from the perception that our life feels overloaded.
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Five Reasons for Fundraising Failures
A fundraiser if done incorrectly can have a strong negative effect, and may even end up costing the organization money rather than making it money. To keep your fundraising efforts on track, and prevent your fundraising efforts from becoming fundraising failures consider the following five common mistakes made during fundraising.
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