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Don't miss Retailer
Edge Extreme Retail School coming September 2010. This high-energy intense
learning event will feature published author and speaker
Art
Freedman and executive consultant,
Brian Chesbro.
See a
video
sample of Art Freedman speaking to Ace Hardware employees on creating
profits by providing a world-class customer experience.
Extreme Retailer School is a five-day intensive training
course for retailer management. This exciting educational opportunity is not
to be missed for those who are serious about making lots of money in retail.
Who Should Attend?
- Those who have either been in retail business for many years and are
looking for new ways to jump start their business
- New owner operators who would like to start out on the right foot.
- Anyone who will be taking a high-level management role in the
organization in the near future.
It was truly amazing! Thanks
for relighting my fire for retail."
- C.T.
Loewen Building Center "I am impressed with the amount of
knowledge that I can use right away to increase profits."
- Center Hardware |
What You'll Learn
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Profitability Through Finance Management
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Crafting Customer Loyalty
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Building an Extended Management Team
In addition to four days of intensive
classroom retail training, students will tour major retail establishments
in Sacramento, where they will learn how to effectively evaluate and
compare competition with their own store operations.
See
topics by day below or
download. |
When, Where & How?
Monday - Friday, 20-24, 2010
Embassy Suites Riverfront Promenade
Historic Old Sacramento, California
(916) 326-5000
Registration: Save
$200 with early registration prior to May 30 2010. Choose from a variety
of ways to register.
| Early registration (through June 30 2010) |
$2,249 |
| Event registration (after June 30 2010) |
$2,499 |
On-Line Registration:
Register now on-line with your credit card using the PayPal "Pay
Now"
button below
Phone & e-mail Registration:
Call (916) 715-0999 or email
info@retaileredge.com
Mail-in Registration:
Mail a check to:
Extreme Retailer School
6065 Barcelona Court
Granite Bay, CA 95746
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Monday, September 20 2010
- Opening session and introductions.
- High-Profit Retailing. Blend the nine crucial elements of
successful retailing; ranging from the retail operating
plan through top-of-mind awareness; into an integrated system for
profit.
- The Benefits of High-profit Retailing. Managing by the numbers and
competing with the Big Boxes.
- Leadership and Coaching to Win. Mastering ways for time-starved
retailers to communicate, innovate,
prioritize, enable, and inspire their people.
- Making Your Store into a “Profit-Making Machine.”
- Build-in Profitability through effective retail finance, including
budgeting, financial basics and driving your ROI.
Tuesday, September 21 2010
- Shrinkage. The five-step process to reduce shrinkage losses in
your business.
- Margin Management. Using margins as fuel for your business. The
three ways to look at every product in your
store to maximize profitability while maintaining the right price
image.
- Purchasing Management and Inventory Control Basics.
A High-Profit Retailer’s Vocabulary: understand terms like,
- MROI, Turns. Sales to Inventory Ratio, Weeks of
Supply Average Cost, Replacement Cost, Lead Time; and what they mean
to your business.
- Capture Strategies for Predicting what Products will sell. Track
inventory and sales effectively, forecast
inventory and anticipate consumer buying patterns.
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Wednesday, September 22 2010
- Gaining Competitive Intelligence Store Tours. Experience and
evaluate top retail stores in the Sacramento Area.
- How to understand and compare the competition to your store.
- Understand how to create a Category Management Plan.
Store audit debrief discussion forum.
Thursday, September 23 2010
- The Customer Experience. Evaluating your “stage,” to ensure the
best customer-centered performance. Make
every customer visit memorable.
- Creating a Coaching Environment in your store.
- Boomerang Customer Service. Bring the customer back, every time.
- Build your TOMA (Top of Mind Awareness) with the customer. Brand,
market and advertise to build your image
in a focused, not shot gun, way to produce profits.
- Setting Sales Force Metrics. use them effectively to track your
success rate with each and every customer.
Friday, September 24 2010
- Your Four Point Management Action Plan. What will you do when you
return to your store?
- Set tactics and strategies to immediately turn your store into a
sales-driving machine.
 Extreme
Retail School is endorsed by RetailerSoft--the makers of Margin Master |
