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Study: How Retailers are Managing the Tug-of-War Between Employee Satisfaction and Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

Furthermore, it takes just as much (if not more) time and money to create programs and initiatives to keep them actively engaged in their work. After all, it takes time, energy and money to train new hires. According to research from Emarketer , U.S.

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Guest Post: 4 Ways to Transform Customer Experience While Growing Rapidly

Hyken

He shares the four key areas that lead to elevated customer experiences while growing rapidly. To thread this needle, we’ve identified four key areas that, since being addressed, have led to elevated customer experiences: . Happy Enabled Employees = Happy Customers. Voice of Customer.

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5 Ways to Achieve Employee and Customer Retention

Retail TouchPoints

The financial burden of finding, hiring and training replacement employees alone is enough to wreak havoc on an otherwise successful operation. When examining the negative impact this disruption of staff has on the customer experience as well, it’s obvious why success is not easily sustained. Reinvent employee training.

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6 Keys to Empowering Store Associates During the Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

To keep employee engagement and performance at their peak, retailers should ensure that management is always present on the sales floor, according to Michael Brown, Partner and Americas Retail Leader at Kearney in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Put managers front and center. Allow associates to focus on their strengths.

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Retail Workforce Management Solutions That Accelerate Execution and Communication

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Explore how retailers can leverage technology to set up their staff for success and what tools are needed for workers to get employees to do their jobs effectively and enhance the employee and customer experience. Empower your employees with the tools to improve associate engagement and transform your retail operation.

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Don’t Throw Fellow Employees Under the Bus

Hyken

Here are three of them to get you thinking: Emphasize the Team: Encourage employees to use the word “we” instead of “they.” The right vocabulary can support the idea of a team effort in taking care of customers. Teach Accountability: It may not be an employee’s fault, but it is now their opportunity to fix the problem.

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How to rebuild trust with your team, customers and more

Inside Retail

It is this trust between leadership and their employees that sets the tone for employee engagement and performance. Furthermore, digital technology has allowed companies to stay connected with customers and stakeholders in real time, responding to their needs quickly and accordingly.