Cases In Retail Salesmanship

Excerpt from The Human Side of Retail Selling: A Textbook for Salespeople in Retail Stores and Students of Retail Salesmanship and Store Organization Then, too, manufacturers are realizing that intensive distribution and million-dollar advertising campaigns are wasted unless retail salespeople make good when they sell. It is this retail sales force, not advertising, that must finally persuade the ultimate consumer to buy goods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

True or false? In selling high-value products or services: 'closing' increases your chance of success; it is essential to describe the benefits of your product or service to the customer; objection handling is an important skill; open questions are more effective than closed questions. All false, says this provocative book. Neil Rackham and his team studied more than 35,000 sales calls made by 10,000 sales people in 23 countries over 12 years. Their findings revealed that many of the methods developed for selling low-value goods just don‘t work for major sales. Rackham went on to introduce his SPIN-Selling method. SPIN describes the whole selling process: Situation questions Problem questions Implication questions Need-payoff questions SPIN-Selling provides you with a set of simple and practical techniques which have been tried in many of today‘s leading companies with dramatic improvements to their sales performance.

Excerpt from The Human Side of Retail Selling: A Textbook for Salespeople in Retail Stores and Students of Retail Salesmanship and Store Organization Beyond question the retail salesperson has never before been so clearly in the limelight. She has developed from the old-time humorous "girl-behind-the-counter" character into a trained, intelligent, business person upon whom the success of modern merchandising ultimately depends. The retail merchant of to-day admits frankly that his store's reputation lies in the hands of his salespeople. His stock must be properly sold and customers courteously served. Only capable salespeople can be entrusted with these vital duties, for their efforts can make or break the store's reputation. Then, too, manufacturers are realizing that intensive distribution and million-dollar advertising campaigns are wasted unless retail salespeople "make good" when they sell. It is this retail sales force, not advertising, that must finally persuade the ultimate consumer to buy goods. Consequently, schools, high schools, and colleges have recognized retail salesmanship as a profitable vocation in which men and women should receive organized training. Those within the modem department store itself have also glimpsed broad opportunities in merchandising, buying, selling, advertising, finance, art, display, personnel management, all based on the vocation and training of retail salesmanship. With the development of this vocation, there has arisen a need for a good text-book, simple, yet authoritative, to clarify and standardize rules and methods of retail selling for the salesperson herself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... XIII HOW TO TEACH RETAIL SALESMANSHIP Before beginning instruction it will be necessary to have a suitable place in which the meetings may be held. This should, if possible, be removed from the active scenes of business, so that concentration in class-work may be secured. A corner in the carpet and rug department during early morning hours is frequently the most suitable place in a store having no auditorium or class-rooms. The equipment need not be elaborate. A table, blackboard, and a sufficient number of chairs are all that will be needed in the beginning. Later, cases containing educational exhibits showing the development of merchandise may be secured and placed on the walls. Many manufacturers furnish these exhibits without charge. Possibly one may want a show-case and a counter, to make demonstration sales more realistic, but in the beginning these may be conducted by using a table. In a large store it is necessary to have a careful means of recording attendance. Passes similar to the following, showing time of leaving the department, are given to the salespeople by the floor managers (see Form I). Should the salesperson not be able to leave the department at the time designated, the actual time of leaving is noted in the lower left-hand corner, by the floor manager. FORM I Service Conference M Dept Please report to Mr. Fisk, on the day and hour marked below, in on floor Monday Thursday. Tuesday Friday... Wednesday Saturday. These passes are exchanged at the class-room for Form II, which is stamped with a time stamp in the square at the left, and on leaving the class-room this form is stamped again, in the square on the right. Before re-entering the department salespeople hand these stamped passes to the floor manager, who can...

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