SPECIAL MERCHANDISING WORKSHOP: DINE & MERCHANDISE!

This is a one evening Merchandising Workshop where you will learn the rules for product placement, the science of lighting product and why it matters, and discover ways to use signage within your store to increase sales, and so much more…

The location is at a ‘Fashion or Giftware’ retailer’s own store preceded by a wonderful dinner at a great local restaurant and followed by two hours of on-site merchandising training at their store. It’s a lot of fun and has huge staff benefits! The importance of teamwork cannot be underestimated.  It’s the bedrock on which all successful business are built. At it’s most basic, teamwork is a sense of unity.  It’s an enthusiasm that a group of people shares for their common interests and responsibilities.

Here are five benefits of an evening like this one.

1. Teamwork among a diverse group of people will almost always reveal new, fresh ideas. When you create a safe space where individuals can work together as a team without the fear of criticism, new ideas and perspectives will start to flow.
2. Improved Efficiency. If you want to improve efficiency in your business, get your employees to work together. This will allow you to split difficult tasks into more manageable chunks and complete them faster.
3. Better Quality.  The quality you expect from merchandising may be too much for one person to handle. But with training and teamwork you get the best that everyone has to offer.
4. Higher Morale. When owners invest in training for their staff it is an amazing thing to watch. Employees feel like their work is valued, they can contribute successfully and they have something special to offer. That boost in morale makes every aspect of your business better.
5. When individual employees work together as part of a team, there’s a sense of self-monitoring that isn’t present when they work by themselves.

Why do Merchandising Training? Merchandising is important because: a new look attracts customers; current customers buy more; and it increases impulse sales and the average dollar transaction rises. Bottom line ….more sales, happier customers, happy owners

The fee:  This is SPECIALLY PRICED at $195.00/person + gst, with a minimum of five people and a maximum of eight.

This option includes dinner and non-alcoholic beverages.

Please note:  If you do not have 5 people in your group, you may decide to have other retailers join us.

If you are out of the ‘Greater Vancouver’ area, travel time, and expenses will be charged additionally (i.e. airfare, meals, accommodation as per CRA recommendations).