Unfortunately, I read several articles today detailing the decreasing sales of several major retailers (in fact most major retailers) over last year same store sales. I have been attempting to keep my posts encouraging and solution based. I have made mention to creativity as a necessity. It will be the dominant trait in those that bring us forward. But as detailed here: http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=467, we ALL have that creative trait. Just believe.
As we are all searching for the next best way to cut costs, I ran across an old article about an approach Delta Airlines took in the mid-90's. They asked their employees! On an employee suggestion, they removed the lettuce leaf that was served in their food trays as garnish to an astounding $1.4 million in annual savings! http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/win93/delta.html I recently worked for a company that was so incredibly operationally inefficient that I was amazed they were still in business. Three months later, they weren't! From having way too much lighting in the stock areas, to a time-wasting price change procedure, to unnecessary shipping costs($4ship fee for a $.99 item), to incredible wastes of paper (I actually counted a minimum of 45 sheets per day wasted...in one store). This store had so many little things that could have completely changed the cost of business, it is a shame they didn't listen to their employees. Employees may not have t
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