subject: Pricing Labels and Professionalism [print this page] Pricing Labels and Professionalism Pricing Labels and Professionalism
Professionalism comes in many different areas of our business life. It is in our/my/your dedication to serving clients and customers to the best of our organization's abilities and constantly making sure that those abilities are being made more effective. It is in how we become better at everything we do while offering new services that compliment instead of undermine our current intentions. It is in how our employees and how we present ourselves, both what we wear and how we carry ourselves and communicate. Presenting ourselves is not just about the human face of our company. It also happens to be about how our store looks. Are the shelves neatly stocked and uniformly organized? Do items go where they should? Is our signage clear and explanatory without needless ephemera? Are we properly displaying prices?That last one can be dicey. Customers come through our stores every day. Most are great. They shop, they look and don't tamper with much. But others see pricing labels and pick at them or worse they swap pricing labels for deep discounts. Items left on shelves with ripped or illegible pricing labels are quite simply not as inviting as those that are clearly legible and obvious. No one wants to bring an item to the counter of a store and be surprised by a price. The embarrassment of not being able to afford something is scary even if it is highly unlikely.The best way to assure yourself well presented price tagging is by getting a top of the line price tagging gun. This is no small task, though they may seem like a specialty item to the laymen there are a lot of companies producing tagging guns and while they are always a pricey item, some of these companies are simply not on the up and up as far as quality goes. The Monarch 1131 is an example of a great pricing gun. It is simply and effectively designed and it is built to last. It is also a good idea to stick to a reliable label company. Sure you may be able to save a few dollars buying some no-name brand of pricing labels but if you go with the still reasonably priced Garvey labels, success is pretty much guaranteed.Pricing labels are almost literally, one of the smallest worries in your shop. So it is probably worth it to put yourself in the hands of a few reliable entities and get back to concerning yourself with all the other stresses and concerns a business owner has. When no one complains about the pricing labels you will not even notice how glad you were to do it.
