Retail Today / Retail Renaissance: This is a fantastic read about Sam Walton and his trips to visit stores.❤️ Walmart #samwalton
The story behind this story is how many Kmarts Sam visited in his lifetime. It wasn’t unusual to get a call from a Kmart Store Manager, Sam Walton just walked through my store. Sam was always studying the competition and his little notebook. 🛩️
During the 80’s I was operating Kmarts in Miami. It was our “heydays”, we were “Kings of Discount”. Later in 1988, I was promoted to District Manager out of Palm Beach, just as Walmart was moving in. #kmart
I loved this part of the article, Sam on the salesfloor engaging associates, teaching and training. ❤️
#leadership #teaching #training #listening #assocites #peoplefirst #customers #coaching
What about Sam’s interest in their promotional space? Was it being used to drive sales, with VPI “Volume Producing Items”. #VPI
How are you using your PRIME RETAIL REAL ESTATE to drive sales? Think “old school”, end caps, side counters, shelves, sidekicks, midway tables, etc…. #primeretailrealestate #drivesales
#retail #retailtrends #retailindustry #shoppingexperience #customerservice #TopRetailExpert
Retired (Director of Ops w/ The Parker Companies)
2moCongratulations Olivia! I only met you once and you were too young to remember. lol I’m happy to see you knocking it out of the park already.