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JULY 24, 2022

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Consulting Retail Coaching Leadership 103

Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

According to Oberlo , a drop-shipping app created by Shopify, almost one-third of the world’s population is now shopping online, accounting for 18% of retail sales worldwide. When you clearly and narrowly define your audience, word of mouth will spread inside that audience, and the referral sales will flood in. Launch a survey.

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Success

AUGUST 5, 2024

Another client, a national retailer, informed us that their year-end stats revealed an increase of several million in their sales that year, after learning about merchandising products with us. This interview originally appeared in the July issue of SUCCESS+ Magazine. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Government Computer Consulting Equipment 69

Success

MARCH 17, 2022

After the client’s first-round interviews, only five remained. While any retail travel agency can easily book a holiday, my client customizes by choosing the right flights, taking care of check-in for those flights, calling the hotel ahead to confirm the room and ensuring that its patrons receive special treatment.

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Sales Flexibility Flexibility Manufacturing 98

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I hear a similar exchange at retail stores, where you tell sales reps your shoe size and a few seconds later, they return to ask again. You can find out what your audiences value most by using surveys, interviews, observation, or social media analytics.

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 3, 2015

A reader writes: I am interviewing for a management position where I would be overseeing the retail operations of an historic site, a fairly significant source of income for them. And the answer is: It depends on the company, your interviewer, and the role, and it depends on how well it’s done.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 11, 2016

Remember the letter-writer in December who was having trouble moving from retail into a professional career ? I wrote to you three months ago for advice on trying to move from retail to a more professional job, with only retail and child care experience. You may also like: how can I move from retail into a professional career?

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 29, 2022

A reader writes: I work in retail and accept applications in person. It’s a great vetting tool to see how applicants introduce themselves to the sales staff. When they reply and ask for feedback as to why they were rejected, how can I politely tell them we do not interview candidates who are rude to our staff?

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 3, 2022

A reader writes: I own a small (game store) retail business and the store manager I hired to run my business sucks. The store sales have been terrible. how did you evaluate him in the interview?) And that’s if there even is a hit once you fire him. and how he ended up entrenched there for so long once the problems became clear.

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Work Life

JUNE 30, 2024

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.) One of the great things that we have going for us is our business is in a growth position right now, both in growing customers and sales in our existing stores—but we’re also growing a lot more stores. How is Whole Foods embracing and utilizing AI?

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Food Supplies Technology Problem-Solving 98

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 19, 2016

My abusive ex works at the company where I’m interviewing. an in-person interview.) On one occasion, after months and months of nagging, I applied at my brother’s company as a retail sales rep. The hiring manager seemed baffled that I would be willing to give up being my own boss to come and work retail.

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Ruby

JULY 15, 2020

Read the Interview Katie Hurst: Hi. We’re a sweepstakes and promotions agency for retailers. Mostly to restaurant chains, but we have other retailers. Leslie Allison: Few retailers. Greg Seei: Yeah, few retailers, convenience stores. Greg Seei: Yeah, few retailers, convenience stores. Katie Hurst: Thank you.

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Great Place to Work

MARCH 6, 2025

Trek Bicycles retail and customer care teams review NPS reports daily to search for examples of great hospitality one of its core brand values that can be celebrated in companywide communications. David Weekley Homes submits award entries for its sales consultants, designers, builders, and marketing coordinators.

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Creativity Payroll Retail Promotion 52

Work Life

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When Kahn conducted in-depth interviews with employees at two organizations, he discovered they were far more emotionally and physically engaged when they experienced psychological meaningfulness, safety, and availability. “People need to see where they’re going in the organization,” he says.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 18, 2019

I got an email asking me to schedule an interview for Monday. The emails they sent asking me to schedule the interview and then confirming the interview were odd. They used cutesy language and, whether a joke or not, told candidates to bring donuts to the interview Monday.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 23, 2021

I found a job doing retail and while it was — just barely — paying the bills, it was both physically and mentally demanding to the point of being burnt out within months. I also got better at interviewing, and did tons of practice with my core family unit. I landed interviews with two companies.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 4, 2021

I am a retail store manager and I have to keep my cool but I find it so incredibly rude. Is this delay between interviews normal? Is it normal to have 10 days between interview periods if the company is really interested in you? When it got to scheduling the last interview, it will be with multiple higher-ups.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 16, 2016

Interviewer asked me, “Love to win or hate to lose?” ” I recently was asked this in an interview: “Love to win or hate to lose?” I think it’s a crap question asked by crap interviewers. My boyfriend and I both worked at a retail store. I’ve been there for about three years now.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Is it cheating if I peek at the interview questions I’ll be asked? I left on a very good note, so I’m very confident that I’ll get an interview. Some of those files are lists of interview questions for the different departments — indeed, the exact same ones I was asked the last time I applied.

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SnackNation

OCTOBER 14, 2018

They’re up to 55 employees, and this year alone they’ve grossed $15M in sales just on Amazon. A recently inked Kroger deal now has them in more than 1,850 stores, and more than 10,000 retail locations altogether. Today Soylent’s focus – and appeal – has certainly widened, and their growth is undeniable.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

My company wants to do group interviews. The company I work for wants to start interviewing people in a cattle call format in order to interview people in groups rather than individually. What is your opinion on seminar-style interviews in general? than “let’s see if this is the right fit.” It’s a terrible idea.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 8, 2024

Also, incorporate your EVP throughout the recruitment process, from job descriptions to interview conversations. HubSpot As a marketing and sales software company, Hubspot takes pride in mastering the provision of work-life balance and employee well-being in their employee value proposition.

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Healthcare Promotion Prioritization Communication 52

Ask a Manager

JUNE 6, 2018

Can I get out of the lunch portion of a half-day interview? I have a four-hour interview coming up on Monday. I really don’t want to have lunch with these people, mostly because I find eating and talking very awkward and I have to be “on” because this is still and interview. They just sent me the agenda.

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Interviewing Retail Salary Food 21

Ask a Manager

MAY 4, 2020

There’s no guarantee I’ll get an interview anyway, but is this red-flaggy enough for me to withdraw if asked for an interview? But you might as well learn more; an interview doesn’t obligate you to proceed any further with them if you don’t want to. Should I include a temporary retail job on my resume?

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Ask a Manager

MAY 11, 2015

As some background, the recruiter has scheduled a “prep” meeting with me before every step of the interview process. So, I had a 1-hour prep meeting before my 1-hour phone interview with the hiring manager, then another 30-minute prep meeting before a 40-minute phone interview with the VP.

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Banking Food Sales Problem-Solving 35

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 5, 2021

My sales have been low this last month so we had to do a touch base to find areas to improve. I have worked in retail furniture for many years and have never encountered a dress code problem before. I went through the entire interview process with a company and was told I’d receive an offer soon. Here we go….

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Purchasing Retail Supplies Construction 46

Ask a Manager

JUNE 11, 2021

I did have one promising interview outside the field (we’ll get to that later), and one disastrous still-in-libraries full-day interview (academia…), but that was it. I had two interviews in that whole period, neither of which led to anything. I still can’t quite believe it– how often do we get do-overs?

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 7, 2020

I’ve spent three years in sales for a major luxury brand. 18 hours after the governor announced sales had to cease operations, our manager finally called to tell us we were being laid off. I recently worked as a contractor for a major retailer. We’re laid off but being “strongly encouraged” to attend work webinars.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Think being in charge of presenting a new design line and monitoring its sales. I can’t remember every contact from every job I’ve ever had, or how much I was making in retail when I was 16 years old. On top of this, I haven’t had an interview yet.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Two weeks later my old job posts copycat versions of the boutique products on social media for sale, including a copycat version of the popular products. I’m a young person working two part-time jobs, one of which is currently closed to the public due to COVID (municipal building) and one that is not (retail).

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 9, 2015

A girlfriend of mine has a full-time job but also works part-time for a large luggage company in retail sales. Responding when an interview is delayed due to the interviewer’s family emergency. A third-round interview for a position I am very excited about has been repeatedly delayed over the past few weeks.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

I recently interviewed for a position that sounds pretty much ideal. The interview went well and it’s possible I’ll be offered the job in the coming weeks. 2) Can a retail job that requires replenishing inventory from the back room to the sales floor accommodate a blind applicant? I want to say yes.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 22, 2022

He has flounced off the retail floor saying, “I won’t talk to you if you’re being like that” or “No need to get an attitude with me!” million in sales for the year. He left work for the rest of the day without saying anything to Lana or me. Mike is openly angry with me and about 20 % of patients.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Several years ago I was working in a retail job that involved services for customers (a jewelry counter that also offered watch battery replacement and band changes/resizing). Was this an interview faux pas. And my first job not involving sales). I had a phone interview with a company I’d be really excited to work for.

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Interviewing Salary Problem-Solving Sales 38

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

After being laid off early this year, and unable to find a job in my field, I picked up two retail jobs to get me by while I job hunt. I understand that these are busy days and I am a high performer in sales, but I can’t possibly be in two places at once! It’s a normal part of life, and any reasonable interviewer knows that.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The sales rep for one of my company’s vendors, an older gentleman, comes by about once a month to see who is running out of what he supplies—and every time he comes into my office, he shakes my hand, I guess as a form of greeting. With the gift, vendors often give gifts to clients; it’s a pretty common relationship-building thing in sales.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 22, 2020

I’m a retail worker and have been freaking out about coronavirus. A few days ago I asked my manager (during one of our big coupon sales, no less) if there were any updates on what we’d do about coronavirus and its impact on our store. How do we re-contact rejected applicants with offers or interview invites?

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