Category Archives: TimeClock
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A Retail Dilemma: How to Spend Less Time Managing Tasks and More Time Driving Profits
As a retail manager, you handle a lot of different HR responsibilities – from scheduling employees and monitoring overtime to…
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Adding Revenue with a Holiday Takeout Promotion
Holiday promotions are critical for small businesses like restaurants. Here’s a creative marketing idea to attract new business and keep advertising…
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Coverage During the Holidays: Hire Seasonal Workers or Pay Overtime?
In the retail world, the holiday season is “go time,” when a spike in customer traffic and gift buying brings…
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Simple Ways to Boost Employee Morale During the Busy Holiday Season
While striking a healthy work-life balance is desirable year-round, it’s not always easy during the hectic holiday season. The demands…
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Emerging Technologies and Employees: 5 Steps to a Meaningful Relationship
Before computers, we relied on typewriters. Before smartphones, we used flip phones. Before email, we sent snail mail. And before…
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How to Get Publicity for Your Retail Store: Part 2
A pitch is just an email introducing yourself and offering a topic you think the readers of a publication will be interested in. In this article we walk through a sample pitch.
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5 Best Ways to Motivate Employees and Strengthen Workplace Morale
You’ve heard that catchy song, “Happy,” from Pharrell Williams: “Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like a room…
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11 Ways to Tackle the Showrooming Effect and Secure More Sales
With online shopping and smart devices growing in popularity, it seems like showrooming, when people come into your store to…
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5 Must-Have Marketing Tools for Retailers
Don’t just rely on in-store sales to market your retail business. Learn which online tools can really help you grow!
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Boost Restaurant Staff Engagement with These Shift Scheduling Tips
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How to Get Publicity for Your Retail Store: Part 1
Publicity isn’t a secret club you’re not invited to. It’s just a matter of knowing a few tips and tricks to get your foot in the door with local journalists.
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4 Kinds of Bosses You Don’t Want to Be
If you sound like any of these bosses, it’s time to make some adjustments to your communication style… just saying.
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10 Ways To Make Your Business Take Off
Last month, Paul Graham of Y Combinator wrote a fantastic article on “doing things that don’t scale.” If you’re not…
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US State Overtime Rules, Laws, and Pay
The Department of Labor has put together an excellent resource about your state’s overtime and premium pay laws. In the…
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Can You Survive a Department of Labor Audit?
The one thing that many companies have in common is that may have to pass a Department of Labor audit….
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