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Best Practices for Scheduling Employees
Employee scheduling may be harder because of COVID-19, so it’s important to get strategic about your team’s schedules. Here are some employee scheduling techniques for unpredictable times.
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Prepare Now for Your Next Business Pivot
Four steps to get your existing operational framework ready for your business to make a pivot during unexpected events.
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Ghost Kitchens: Should You Open One for Your Restaurant?
Here’s a look at what ghost kitchens are and how they may (or may not) fit within your restaurant business.
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What's in Store for Holiday Shopping This Year?
We are entering a traditional holiday selling season with nothing traditional about it. Spending will be uneven among consumers, non-traditional gifting will be favored, and loyalty will be tested.
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How Retailers Are Transforming the Try-Before-You-Buy Experience
How do you let customers safely try on merchandise now? From augmented reality to sample boxes, here are the try-before-you-buy trends retailers are using to help shoppers make more informed purchase decisions.
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Starting Up in Pandemic Times: Bootstrapping the Beginnings of Your Business
Getting a business up and running requires capital. In these pandemic times, entrepreneurs may have less access to various sources of funding than usual. Here are reasons small business owners may consider bootstrapping rather than taking on funding.
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The Holidays Are Here. Where's the Consumer?
Summertime was a bust in a lot of ways this year. While consumers took advantage of better weather to find ways to enjoy life, a lot of opportunities for travel and entertainment were closed to them. That could be a boon to retailers this holiday season.
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Analysis Paralysis Might Be Causing Your Customers to Leave Empty Handed
From feeling anxious to overwhelmed, there could be an explanation for why choosing between two items at the grocery store might cause you or your customers to give up and leave empty-handed — it is called analysis paralysis.
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UPS Shares How to Ship Everything
From handling perishable items to the best way to pack fragile items, we asked our shipping partner, UPS, to share their best shipping tips and tricks.
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What to Know About Employee Bonuses This Year
It’s employee bonus season. From sign-on bonuses to year-end bonuses, learn more about common bonus structures, messaging, and considerations for your business.
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Exit Planning for Small Business Owners: What Are Your Options?
Even in the early stages of running a small business, it’s wise to have some goals in mind related to exit planning for the company. Here are some common exit planning paths.
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From eCommerce To Curbside Pickup: What Will Black Friday 2020 Look Like?
Consumers, comfortable at home and browsing from smartphones, may forgo the typically frenzied shopping event.
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6 Financial Benefits to Consider Offering Employees Now
Employee financial wellness has never been more important. While financial benefits might sound like an offering only large companies can provide, many are designed for small businesses. Here are six to get you started.
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How Restaurants Are Modernizing Kitchens and Streamlining Orders
A customizable POS designed specifically for restaurants helps streamlines your operations, manages front-of-house and back-of -house, keeps your kitchen moving, and makes the food ordering journey smooth sailing for customers.
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The Comeback of Drive-in and Drive-Thru Experiences
In an effort to maintain the feeling of in-person customer experiences, businesses have started to leverage a little bit of nostalgia, bringing back drive-ins and drive-throughs that were popular decades ago and making them fresh again
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5 Thanksgiving Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
Some creative and easy Thanksgiving marketing ideas to help your small business make as many sales as possible around the holiday.
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5 Lessons from Big eCommerce on Optimizing Your Online Store
Did someone add one of your items to their online shopping cart? Fantastic. But that only takes you a fraction of the way to a sale. Here are a few of the biggest strategies established eCommerce businesses use to grow their sales.
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The New Store Layout: How to Rethink Your Space Right Now
Your store design and layout probably looks different now. Here are eight ways to rethink your retail space layout to allow for social distancing and a quicker shopping experience.
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