One of the best questions you can ask as a retail store owner is “how to predict inventory needs?”, because your inventory is your biggest expense – and so learning to control it results in a huge return on your investment. That’s why I get so excited when I get a question like Elizabeth’s: I’m just getting started, but I’m … Read More
Strategic Inventory Management: Unlock Sales Growth with the Freshness Factor
Truth bomb: You can’t grow sales with old inventory! Use the Freshness Factor formula to manage your inventory and unlock sales growth!
2 Important Customer Types in Retail
There are 2 important customer types in retail that you should pay attention to the most. Because once you understand these two customer types, you’ll be able to execute marketing, store events and promotions that serve each type the best – which leads to more sales and profit for you. When I share these two types with store owners, I … Read More
Retail Tip: Go Big or Go Home!
Here’s a retail tip for you: GO BIG or GO HOME! It’s my retail mantra! Actually it’s my life mantra too. Usually associated with NCAA basketball time and March Madness, it also accurately describes entrepreneurial life… All these teams get ONE shot. If they lose – they go home. If they go big, they advance. For you, to advance means … Read More
Merchandise Planning Process: Make a Retail Plan in 10 Mins!
Use this merchandise planning process to create a retail plan in 10 minutes! Yes, it’s true that inventory planning can be a pretty complex process, which is why we provide this service to our private clients using Management One’s formula and algorithms to predict a store’s merchandise plan with 93% accuracy. Inventory management is the second step of our Sales … Read More