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Management article
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Reference no. 87310
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review", 1987
Length: 3 pages

Abstract

One key to a successful retail business is friendly, knowledgeable, motivated salespeople. But, even in some of America''s best-known stores, one encounters indifferent clerks or must search for a clerk willing to take one''s money. An effective technique - used for years by J.B. Robinson Jewelers - for teaching salespeople a natural and friendly sales manner is role playing. Employees like role playing. It''s dramatic, and they retain more through these sessions than they would from manuals or lectures.

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Abstract

One key to a successful retail business is friendly, knowledgeable, motivated salespeople. But, even in some of America''s best-known stores, one encounters indifferent clerks or must search for a clerk willing to take one''s money. An effective technique - used for years by J.B. Robinson Jewelers - for teaching salespeople a natural and friendly sales manner is role playing. Employees like role playing. It''s dramatic, and they retain more through these sessions than they would from manuals or lectures.

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