Sales Truth

Never Be Afraid to Hop in a Car and Hand-Deliver an Item

You could make a customer for life.

Published

5 years ago

July 5, 2019

Dave Richardson Instore July 2019 Issue

WHY IT IS TRUE: The resulting gesture will be phenomenal. The customer will be pleased, and will not only become a customer for life, but will tell all of her friends about this generous experience.

PLAN OF ACTION: Follow up with the customer by phone to make sure everything went well, and most importantly, to validate your action in this difficult situation. You now have a customer for life.

Retiring? Let Wilkerson Do the Heavy Lifting

Retirement can be a great part of life. As Nanji Singadia puts it, “I want to retire and enjoy my life. I’m 78 now and I just want to take a break.” That said, Nanji decided that the best way to move ahead was to contact the experts at Wilkerson. He chose them because he knew that closing a store is a heavy lift. To maximize sales and move on to the next, best chapter of his life, he called Wilkerson—but not before asking his industry friends for their opinion. He found that Wilkerson was the company most recommended and says their professionalism, experience and the homework they did before the launch all helped to make his going out of business sale a success. “Wilkerson were working on the sale a month it took place,” he says. “They did a great job.”