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The Best Things in Business are Free

In the CEO Afterlife

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. I’m not referring to a bunch of “buy one get one free” promotions or deep discount sales events. Everyone is looking for a good deal, a real bargain. But, beware.

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COVID-19 Vaccines And Job Listings: Ways to Provide Comfort To Potential Employees

Strategy Driven

Unless you own a business in the healthcare, warehouse, or retail industry, your best bet is to encourage instead of requiring employees to get the vaccine. An attorney, healthcare professional, and human resources expert are better positioned to provide fact-based information. Encourage Vs. Require.

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Health, Wellness, and a Giveaway to WomenonBusiness Readers

Women on Business

This online retailer offers everything from bedroom furniture, luggage, shoes and bags, home and garden accessories, and also living room and dining furniture, like this chest of drawers. I’m focusing on health and fitness, and to that end I’m inviting you to join me.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

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Katrina Markoff Named Woman of the Year by American Express and.

Women on Business

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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How to Recruit Top Talent for a Start Up Business

Chart Your Course

For instance, if a retail sales position in your area typically gets a dollar an hour over minimum wage, you will be figuratively shooting yourself in the foot if you offer less. A common mistake owners of small businesses make is to base a proposed salary on a budget rather than the reality of what people are getting.

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Insider Insight on Price Fixing | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the heat of battle, there is a hell of an incentive to discount for easy market share, even by the most disciplined of marketers. The natural competitive reaction is to join the discount fray and recover lost market share. Human Resources. Now imagine how their rival feels about it. Search My Site. Leadership.

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