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MOHR Ideas at work.

Our work takes us all over the world. And we learn a lot as we train. Today, there’s no reason to wait until we’re back at home base to pass on a good idea or highlight a trend. Here’s where you’ll find them as soon as we spot them.

retail trends

Focus and Adaptability Keep Retailers Ahead of the Curve

By Michael Patrick | July 24, 2017

It seems like every time you turn around there’s another gloomy story of “retail’s apocalypse.” While it’s true that brick and mortar retail is facing an array of challenges right now, change isn’t a new thing in retail. In fact, retail is one of the most adaptable industries, which is why it’s had so many…

retail management

5 Things Great Retail Multiunit Managers Do

By Michael Patrick | June 29, 2017

One of the exciting and sometimes frustrating challenges of retail management is that you have a number of different priorities to deal with all at the same time. District managers, regional managers, and other retail leaders who are responsible for leading multiple stores and locations have more things going on than is possible to accomplish…

retail management training

How Multiunit Managers Can Get the Most Out of Store Visits

By Michael Patrick | June 9, 2017

We all know the feeling. You’re sitting there with someone, face to face. They may even be looking you right in the eye. You’ve gotten together so you can share some important information or updates. Maybe you haven’t seen them in a while, so you want to fill them in on everything that’s happened since…

retail online training

Online vs. Instructor-Led Training: What Retailers Need to Consider

By Michael Patrick | May 2, 2017

E-learning is an attractive option in retail, especially when you’re making the tough call about whether or not to take people off the floor and put them into a classroom for a training workshop. But depending on what kind of training you’re doing—and what kind of outcomes you need to achieve—the choice isn’t always so…

retail store manager training

How Coaching in Real Time Raises Your Store’s Game

By Michael Patrick | April 19, 2017

Today’s shoppers are more demanding and more educated about what they’re looking for than ever before. To keep up, retailers are constantly on the lookout for innovative ways to take the customer experience to a new level. But it takes more than data and technology to meet the demands of today’s customers. When shoppers are…

retail management training

New Retail Research on Best Practices for Leading Multiple Stores

By Michael Patrick | February 16, 2017

Many retailers assume that if a manager has been successful in leading a store team, then he or she can effectively lead a group of stores. It’s an assumption that has been proven wrong too many times to count. Moving from single-store leadership to leading a region or district group of stores is the single…

retail training ROI

The Future of Store Associate Training

By Michael Patrick | January 10, 2017

Every year retailers spend billions training store associates. On average, a store associate spends 53.8 hours every year training. So why do 71% of shoppers feel that retail associates aren’t knowledgeable or helpful? Something doesn’t add up. MOHR Retail has been working with our partners at Axonify to solve this problem, and we’re excited to…

retail store support leadership

Retail Store Support Leaders Face Unique Challenges

By MOHR Retail | January 5, 2017

All leaders face a number of challenges that are simply common to the role of being a leader. But there are always some unique wrinkles faced by different leadership functions. The leaders and managers in the home office and distribution centers, for example, deal with some very different situations and issues than those who responsible for what’s happening…