How the Pandemic Is Shaping Retail
By Leanne Watson According to an article by the World Economic Forum, one of the largest effects of the pandemic, in relation to businesses, is the amplification of existing trends and vulnerabilities. In the past few years, businesses had been adopting a significant number of technologies to improve their operations, and the post-pandemic world will rely […]
The AllWork Mobile App for Managers is Here!
We’re very excited to share with you our newest product innovation, the AllWork mobile app for managers! This new app can help your managers do their job more efficiently by significantly reducing the amount of time they spend on creating and updating schedules for their teams. We’ve worked in collaboration with our current clients to develop […]
Retail Needs Top Sales Associates, Now More Than Ever
The total upheaval of the retail industry over the past several months has made the industry question just about everything. While some stores are just starting to get back on their feet, and others are in a state of flux, it’s still important to be thinking about the next steps. As customers begin to return, […]
Relaunching Freelancers at Retail: A CEW Webinar
Now that stores are reopening and customers are shopping again, if you’re a brand, you’re probably thinking about how to put sales talent back into stores to drive engagement and increase sales. Glenn Laumeister, CEO, AllWork, and Amanda Domaleczny, VP of Global Sales, TULA Skincare, recently hosted a CEW Webinar to discuss a case study […]
Reassessing Your Retail Recruitment Strategies
By Sophia Elise Among the many challenges the COVID-19 era has brought to the retail space, recruitment is one that businesses will need to focus on more moving forward. Finding the right people to fill open jobs is never easy, but now — with so much about the workforce and our day-to-day lives having changed […]
47% of Hiring Managers Plan to Use More Freelancers Because of Covid-19
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had an effect on the workforce, with companies being forced to furlough employees or eliminate roles entirely. Now, businesses are taking this time the reevaluate just how many full-time roles they actually need and how they can tap into the nearly 60 million freelancers who work every year in the […]
AllWork Can Help You Create a Virtual Sales Team
In the wake of the recent COVID-19 crisis, many of our clients at AllWork have been faced with the challenge of how to relaunch their in-store field team as a digital, contactless sales force. Almost overnight the world of retail was turned upside down and brands had to pivot their usual face-to-face interactions into online […]
Moving Forward, Retail Requires Efficiency
To say the least, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the retail industry over the past few weeks. In fact, more than 47,000 retail stores closing in just the first week because of the virus. While the closures happened quickly, the process of reopening retail will require a slow and methodical approach. With such a massive […]
Succeeding at Retail: 10 Best Practices You Should Adopt Now
As COVID-19 continues to impact the retail industry, the AllWork team has been working closely with our brand partners and while most retail locations across the country remain closed, we’ve used this time to take a look back at what we have learned over the past year from working with over 50 beauty brands. We […]
Dear Retail, We Miss You
While the past few years have been clouded by talk of a ‘retail-apocalypse’, the recent temporary closures of many retail locations has brought into focus just how false this narrative has been. If anything, we can all see now just how important retail is and the human interactions that come along with it. Without these […]