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VR for Retail Training: How to Leverage the Tech to Land Stronger Outcomes

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They’re likely also emphasizing continual training of new employees, as the retail industry can be quite fickle and turnover is often high. According to a PwC survey , employees who partake in VR training train 4X faster than those who train in a classroom, and are 275% more confident to apply skills learned after training.

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Welcome to SEO Unlocked: Your Free SEO Training Course

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Eventually, it will live on the training section of this site. If you want to make sure you don’t miss a lesson because I won’t be blogging about each lesson, make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel as I will be uploading the lessons there. Introducing SEO Unlocked. Over the next 7 weeks, I’m going to be teaching you SEO.

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BotsCrew Chatbots Designed to Span Channels and Countries

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BotsCrew offers retailers a chatbot designed to connect to multiple channels, including Facebook, WhatsApp, SMS, website widgets and others. BotsCrew also includes features aimed to help train a chatbot to make it smarter, for example to help the program understand when different shoppers ask the same question but with different wordings.

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Resilience Training: Small Business Innovation During a Recession

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It’s simpler and more cost-effective to reach a niche audience versus trying to appeal to a wider group of consumers through a wider range of marketing and sales channels. Narrowing your focus has the added benefit of efficiency and sustainability. Weather the Storm: Innovating During Economic Instability.

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6 Keys to Empowering Store Associates During the Holiday Season

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Consumers’ ongoing shift to digital channels, and the unpredictability of their purchasing behaviors, is driving retailers to be conservative with their holiday hiring. Train early and train often. Frequent training refreshers are critical to training retention and demonstration of the right behaviors,” Grant explained.

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Lego Will Make Stores ‘Sensory Inclusive’ to Increase Neurodivergent Accessibility

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Associates will be trained to understand how sensory needs vary and how they can best help neurodivergent children and adults in the store. Lego also is spotlighting autistic creators on its YouTube channel with its Love the Way You Think series, including Allyson Gail, a U.S.

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Alibaba.com Initiates Recruitment Drive for UK Channel Partners

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Alibaba.com, one of the world’s leading B2B ecommerce marketplaces, announces the launch of its new UK channel partner recruitment drive to enable more SMEs to unlock global export opportunities.

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