Posts by MOHR Retail

The word is out! We teach interpersonal skills to retailers that drive results. Today, in addition to North America, retail DMs, Store Managers, and Associates around the world are attending and utilizing skills from our programs. Our clients are teaching RSL in Japanese in Tokyo, Mandarin in Beijing, French in Canada, Spanish in Puerto Rico,…

When we facilitate sessions where we know that there will be a number of seasoned managers and leaders, we often start by asking how long people have been in their current position.  We follow up by asking if they think ‘they’re done?’ or ‘why are you still in training?’  Most times they laugh but they…

Our goal with clients is to help build interpersonal skills in their merchant and store teams that drive results.  We do not have a goal to make clients ‘consultant-dependent’. As a multi-national company we serve a broad variety of retailers from mom and pop to retailers known around the world.  So when a client asks…

One of our clients asked for some help in sharing that they are hiring.  Here are the details. Bob’s Stores is a northeast regional retailer of branded apparel and footwear headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut. We are currently conducting a search for some super talented Buyers, Associate Buyers, Planners and Allocators. If you know anyone who…

Sorry for no recent posts.  Hurricane Sandy did exactly what was forecasted to the east coast.  The town where our main offices are has a curfew and personally many of our team’s homes are still without power.  It’s amazing how your life changes without the ability to charge your electronics or get internet service!  Back when things…

Managing budgets is part of every support manager’s job.  However the influence you have over how much budget you end up with can be fairly limited.  But managing versus leading are two very different things.  When you ‘manage’ you look at what you have and make the best of it.  When you ‘lead’ you imagine what could…