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    3 Best Kept Secrets in Business

    These are the 3 best secrets to retail success in business!

    SavvyBizGuy
    by SavvyBizGuy

    Community Contributor

    1. Know Your Distributors!!!

    Joel Goldstein / Via MrCheckout.net

    Distribution is the key to success in retail. Working with a large distributor network like Mr. Checkout Distributors will help you get over any problems because they can use group knowledge to grow your distribution over dealing with independent companies one by one.

    2. Have your supply chain down pat!!

    Carlson School / Via carlsonschool.umn.edu

    Knowing where your product is coming from and where it's going is going to be key to keeping inventory and making sure the whole card tower doesn't fall down!

    3. Connect with your customers directly!

    Regions Bank / Via regions.com

    Building a connection to your customers will keep you in business through hard times and help you grow organically and fast!

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