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Corporate America steps up to deal with #COVID-19

Janet Fouts

Apple shut down their retail stores , offered expanded its sick leave policy to cover family issues, set up work from home guidelines. Warby Parker retailer closed all stores to March 27 and will pay retail team members as though they were working. and donated $15 million to a global fund for COVID-19 response.

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7 Practices of a Mindful Leader #MindfulSocial with @marclesser

Janet Fouts

Order Seven Practices of a Mindful Leade r by following any of the online retailer links at [link]. Listening to the replay of the podcast brings home to me the familiar kindness, generosity, curiosity, and sense of humor that we all enjoyed while learning from him. I highly recommend you go get the book and you will see what I mean!

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Groupon Goes For the Big Brands

Janet Fouts

Up to now Groupon has offered deals for local retailers and it’s been a boon to the niche businesses to get access to a bigger market. Even a tiny business can get a lot of bang for their buck out of a Groupon offer. With today’s offer from the Gap though, the game has shifted.

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Just get us the Millennials! #Marketing #Fail

Janet Fouts

They check in at retailers, restaurants and they expect brands to respond with authentic voices, not canned responses. Prefer to spend more on socially responsible companies and say a company’s commitment to the community influences their decision to work there. They’re social.

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15 Amazing Women Bloggers You Should Get to Know

Janet Fouts

SarahinTampa Another amazing tech blogger, Sarah brings her experience in the financial, retail and software industry to TechCrunch where she is always on top of the latest news, gadgets and mobile apps. Sarah Perez. I first started reading Sarah’s work when she was at ReadWriteWeb and now.

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Mindfulness and the culture of service in hospitality

Janet Fouts

These men and women set the bar high for anyone in any sort of service role, be that customer service, retail, or corporate sales. Knowing how to resolve an issue with the food, even if it’s not about the food at all, with grace and courtesy is an art form too.

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