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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. Sophisticated Automation. System Automation.

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Circle K Owner Launches Summer Hiring Spree to find 25,000 New Workers

Retail TouchPoints

Among the job openings are store-level positions for customer service representatives, assistant store managers and store managers, as well as a host of opportunities at the company’s support centers. Canada and Europe over the next three years.

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Efficiency and Engagement: The Great Balancing Act of Workforce Tech

Retail TouchPoints

However, employee shortages are forcing many organizations to prioritize capabilities that support operating efficiency and store performance over employee engagement and loyalty. A lot of companies are looking to do more with less via productivity tools like task management, communication tools, etc.

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6 Keys to Empowering Store Associates During the Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

Put managers front and center. 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. Create digital synergy.

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How C-Stores can fuel customer loyalty with truly convenient in-store and curbside services

Theatro

This disconnection decreased employee engagement, reduced service speed, lowered productivity, and lead to disjointed operational workflows. Managers’ effectiveness in communicating daily announcements such as health and safety or sales goals. Limitations on customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and task completion.

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Personalization that Consumers Expect Post-Pandemic

Retail TouchPoints

According to McKinsey , it yields 20% higher customer-satisfaction rates, boosts sales-conversion rates by 10% to 15%, and enables an increase of 20% to 30% in employee engagement. This can include priority access and previews into new launches or latest arrivals, reward points and faster fulfillment. Advanced customer support.

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Dollar General recasts management via promotions, hirings

Mass Relators

With more than 18 years of experience in strategic global sourcing, product development, manufacturing and international operations management, Li plays a significant role in DG’s nonconsumable initiative, health care and other product sourcing initiatives, the company said.