Great video about John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods. Tells a lot about why they’re successful, especially his comment about “The Golden Rule.” I wish more companies thought the same way. His salary is set at $1.00 per year, which is about $12, 099,999 less than the CEO of my company (and most others.)
Off To The Races!
I never had this happen in any store I worked in, although I did have a 14 year old girl shoplift with her 10 year old brother by stashing items in his wheelchair. Woman accused of stealing motorized Wal-Mart wheelchair
Monday Humor–Interested in Becoming a Manager?
Monday Humor–An Honest Talk
If you’ve been a manager in retail you will identify with this, both the employee side and the boss side. The way it’s done is a little odd but it all rings soooooooo true…
Longs Closed By Lava Flow
The lava flow that has been moving towards the town of Pahoa since last June has now sadly forced the Longs Drugs there to close down. Even though the store is owned by CVS it’s still been run as a Longs and will be greatly missed by the community although it’s uncertain if there will Read More…
Can I Get These Ironed, Too?
I’ve asked everyone to share their favorite customer stories and here’s one of mine. In the very first store that I worked in back in the 70’s, we had a safe in the front of the store (near the registers) with a big dial in the middle that looked something like this: So Read More…
Not On Target
You may have heard by now, but Target is pulling out of Canada, closing 133 stores. You may be wondering why it failed and here’s part of the reason why. It amazes me that a company can make such a colossal blunder. Target closing in Canada: These pictures show why it failed..
Sounds great, but will it clean the breakroom?
Lowe’s/OSH is testing out a robot to replace clerks and provide customer service to their customers. Scary stuff! The future is here and it looks a lot like Wall-E. What do you think? What could possibly go wrong? The whole scary story is here.
Soylent Green for real?
It’s hard to believe that a company would actually use Soylent as the name of their product, but perhaps they didn’t see the movie. Soylent aims to make its nutritious sludge much cheaper than $3 a meal. And in case you weren’t around in 1973…
Retail Earthquake!
It seems like it happens every year but this year is bigger than in the past. Macy’s is closing 14 of its 790 stores across the country. JCPenney is closing 39 of its stores and laying off 2,250 workers. Sears has been around for 122 years, but it, too, is closing 235 under-performing stores. Wet Read More…