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By Josh Strutt Associate Director – Deployment, Retail Doctor Group So much is counting on a strong Christmas trading period for so many retailers. Months of planning will go into bringing in the right stock and staff, and a great deal will be invested in marketing to...

By Josh Strutt Associate Director – Deployment, Retail Doctor Group This Christmas-New Year period promises to “shake the tree” for many retailers and we have started planning for the biggest period of the trading year - we call it 'The Grand Final' of retail. It is...

By Peter Sheppard Senior Deployment Consultant, Retail Doctor Group  We all have had the need to visit a doctor to assess some issue and diagnose what is wrong when we do not feel 100%. Sometimes the symptoms point to a more serious condition which then requires a...

By Brian Walker CEO & Founder, Retail Doctor Group "Consistency of performance is essential. You don't have to be exceptional every week but as a minimum you need to be at a level that even on a bad day you get points on the board." - Sean Dyche One interesting...

By Josh Strutt Associate Director – Deployment, Retail Doctor Group “Fitness is not a destination. It’s a way of life.” – Anonymous Every retailer is battling to win customers out there, and one of the most critical and often overlooked operational components to your...

By Anastasia Lloyd-Wallis COO & Head of Insights, Retail Doctor Group In the pre-social media era, every time a customer went away satisfied, they would tell on average 5 friends, who would each tell 5 friends, giving a reach of up to 25 people from one happy...

By Peter Sheppard Senior Deployment Consultant, Retail Doctor Group  Wow, just when we thought we were through the Covid crises and looking forward to getting back to some sort of normal trading conditions, along comes a whole new suite of challenges that will surely...

By Josh Strutt Associate Director – Deployment, Retail Doctor Group The noble art of retail selling is an area that is surprisingly often overlooked.   Fiction: Anyone can sell. Many retailers believe that every trained salesperson can engage the customer in a...

By Anastasia Lloyd-Wallis COO & Head of Insights, Retail Doctor Group There are many challenges that retailers are having to overcome and in recent years, social cause has increasingly been becoming a more prominent topic that has been on the mind of consumers and...