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Ethical Business Management In The Online Gambling Industry

Strategy Driven

As a merchandising and marketing platform, the internet has gone from strength to strength. Stated simply, the business manager must apply for an operating license in an intended region or country of operation. Social and ethical considerations of online gambling.

Ethics 65
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Caring for the Commons

Great Leadership By Dan

Incidentally, Costco employees sell twice as much merchandise per square foot of retail space as their nearest competitor – Sam’s Club! Meeting “guidance” by managing earnings is the standard. On the other hand, Jim Sinegal, the recently retired CEO of Costco Wholesale, generously paid his warehouse employees.

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

Private label (retail-branded merchandise) has been growing for years – since Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer invented it over 100 years ago – increasing in quality and forcing down brand premiums. German consumers, in contrast, get convenience and quality merchandise at lower prices so they can afford the Porsche!

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Do You Deliver Good Or Bad Customer Service? | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

I wanted my money back – I had the receipt, I had the merchandise in perfect condition, and virtually everything in the store was on sale at that time. So I put on my best Rich Gee smile and politely asked for the manager. So what the store was really saying to me was, “NO! Bad Customer! You must play by our rules!&#

Licensing 332
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Big Data’s Dangerous New Era of Discrimination

Harvard Business Review

But how should sophisticated marketers and merchandisers use them? Are there clever ways to raise prices, minimize access or otherwise manage those expensive older, single customers and high-maintenance, low-purchase young females? My point here is that these data are explicit, compelling and undeniable.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Statistics Tree: Understanding Figures and What They Symbolize, Relating Directly to Your Business Success

Strategy Driven

92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. According to research conducted by the Ethics Resource Center: Employees of organizations steal 10 times more than do shoplifters. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. 56% of employees lie to supervisors.