Ignore the naysayers

If you listen to all the news about retail this holiday season, you would jump off a building.  Ignore them.  You CAN have a great holiday, despite what the media is saying.  You do have to fire on all cylinders..

A few of the things you have to do:

1- Make sure your end caps are full, with related items. 

2-Make sure your sales team is actually selling.

3-The priority is the customer.  Let everyone in the store know that when there is a customer in the area, focus on them, not the stock.

4-Be in stock. Now is not the time to cut back on your A and B items....

5-Sell related items. it is everyones job to be suggesting something to go with every customer transaciton

6-Impulse displays are paramount. At the registers, on the end caps, in the main aisle, wherever you can.

7-Batteries are BIG this time of year.  They should be displayed by all items that require one, and most definetly at the checkstands