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We empower your teams by providing them with the skills and tools that are critical for your business. They become more confident and accomplished, delivering on your overall goals, improving on customer engagement and ultimately, driving revenue. * A well trained & competent team is the greatest asset to any retail company. *Results may vary depending on your commitment to practice, to improvisation, and to hold managers & associates accountable for using what is taught. https://www.solangestrom.com/news daily 0.75 2025-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f70e8b948a9c0763221679d/a84c891d-254a-4c0f-b85c-c5b9b29ee1af/AdobeStock_217733615.jpg News - The Customer is Still Always Right. Published in Retail Insider, August 31, 2022 It is believed that Harry Gordon Selfridge popularized the phrase “the customer is always right” in the early 1900s and the motto was thereafter endorsed by countless retailers. But has this deeply entrenched custom finally reached its limits? 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