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Where Have All the Salespeople Gone?

DMS Retail

but no sales associates who seek out customers to attend to them…to sell to them. For retailers who allow the merchandise, the placement, visual effects, the brand image and all other things not human to do the suggestive selling, well…it’s going to be tough to double up on productivity. Good people make the difference.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Right I go out of the inventory that’s getting unpacked right now is Home Improvement and apparel that had a like a nice Spike. So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02]