A retailer’s task: To transform human efforts and physical resources

Enepalese Published on: September 2, 2020

The advent of new technology has urged the retail business organization to act according to the changed business context. Changed business context as, for instance, retailers now are using voice ordering and electronic commerce. Such modified business action has been helping the organization to remain competitive and sustainable.

A competitive environment means a retail organization’s capability to stay in the market competitively. This also means producing financially fit and physically viable products and services as per the customer’s desire. However, it is always true that the organization’s goal always be is to gain business success. Business success depends on technical savvy.

Business is the one way, and the other is the combination of ideal customers and consumer engagement. Consumer engagement refers to the process that continually attracts loyal consumers towards a firm’s products and services. Customer satisfaction and a firm’s performance have a positive relation to each other. An increased focus on customer satisfaction means an increase in the performance level of the organization. Customer satisfaction also means a fully satisfied rational consumer who is getting liked service or production a hundred percent. Again, firms’ performance, we can say, is the byproduct of a happy consumer’s action towards a firm’s creation or services. Towards getting the result, the organization’s next steps are supposed to create an overarching activity that directly connects with the organization’s core strategy—such action directs the organization to bring a positive result.

These days, the retailer is continually suffering from an uncontrollable crisis. The crisis has appeared in the form of unseen enemies like COVID 19. Due to this, organizations are suffering from an unbalanced business operation schedule and low-income generation rate. This trend has forced the organization to have a low sales volume. So, what will be the best instrument to mitigate such discrepancies? It might be retailers must create a new business model capable enough to survive even in a tough time like this. New product and service planning will also help us cope with a situation like we have now.

To hit the problem, the retailer must expand online retailing in a full-fledged way. The retailer’s choice is to develop online retailing equipped with continuous improvement in operations actions and schedules. Operation action must link with a new strategy, vision, mission, and goal of the organization. A better-engaged workforce will be another way to cope with the problem, and this way will also bring improvement in executing the best strategy to manage unanticipated events.

Work flexibility, full support to the employees in terms of finance, and the other knowledge-generating activities can also help boost the business’s progression cumulatively. No doubt, this way also motivates customers to increase their shopping experience manifold and thereby enhance the organization’s total sales and income.

In this dire context, to grasp the opportunity even in an unfavorable situation like now, retailers should adopt a digital mind, uphold transparency in business, and utilize an all-inclusive decision-making system. The business expert agreed that retailers must take an extension strategy and investigative action for gaining speedy solutions. Extension strategy is almost thinking for the better and the bright future.

However, retail business success is almost a way of keeping successful employee relations, customer focus, and getting things done in time. Retail business success is also exploring the potential market. Creating an effective working team will be the other effective instrument to hit the problem as arises.

As described above, retailers these days suffer from unmet demand and supply situation. There also occur the problem, such as difficulty in optimizing delivery procedure in high demand situation. Retailers must understand customer knowledge, as well. Customer knowledge means understanding a customer’s intention towards product and services and relations therein. Retailers need to leverage customer knowledge for increasing internal productivity and for refined product revolution. In other words, a retailer needs to maintain a connection with loyal customers continually.

Further, the retail organization’s continued effort is supposed to be providing the right direction, creating ideal process tools, and a participatory coordination effort with all working team members. Furthered exploration of a better way to handle large volumes of data related to food and grocery is also another novel way. This will help to choose the best alternatives amongst the different ones. It will also help the retailer become more customer-centric, a matter of well thinking from all sides.

Finally, the retailer’s success always depends on freshness and suitability. The retail chain is increasing globally, retailers need to find a way to survive in the market. Staying in the market depends on the principle – Survival of the fittest. To remain and survive in the market, retailers need to adjust themselves by comparing and calculating the price and offerings produced by the rivals so that they will be able to know the extent of competition and the rival’s experience. By the way, the experience is tacit knowledge that can modify human efforts and physical resources to turn them into quality products and services.