Fermoy retailers avail of specialist North Cork Enterprise Board training
Related Stories
-
Mitchelstown reunion a roaring success
-
Anglesboro increase 12 marks in 2013 Tidy Towns
-
Friendship bench in CBS Primary, Mitchelstown
-
Mitchelstown and Kilbehenny Girl Guide leaders recognised with awards night
-
Students explore countries through their food
-
Avondhu area schools invited to register for Young Environmentalist Awards
-
Works to start on Lios Oir houses by end of month
-
Busy harvest fair expected in Anglesboro
-
Gardai urge people to secure their homes
-
Works started on Shanballymore National School extension
-
Five-year socio economic plan sees Kildorrery set to move forward
-
Fermoy Mayor Olive Corcoran pens poem about A&E experience
A number of business owners in Fermoy have availed of specialist retail training, managed and funded by the North Cork Enterprise Board (NCEB).
The 15 retailers completed their programme, aimed at owners/managers of retail outlets, on Tuesday last and were presented with their certificates of achievement by North Cork Enterprise Board manager, Michael Hanley in the Fermoy Community Youth Centre.
The objective of the training was to give retailers new tools to help them grow sales during these challenging times. The programme entailed four days of training - one a month - as well as a store audit and visual merchandising audit. The training workshops and store audit were delivered by a leading Irish retail consultant and advisor, James Burke on behalf of the Enterprise Board. While his colleague, Celine Cummins delivered the visual merchandising workshop and audit.
BEST PRACTICE
Participants were taught how to develop sales growth strategies including developing world class customer service and visual merchandising and display best practice.
At the presentation of certificates on the final day of the programme, NCEB manager Michael Hanley said "Now, more than ever, it is important that local retailers explore new ways to bring a fresh approach to their business which will not only aid them in their long term success, but also breathe new life into how they work together for the development of the town of Fermoy."
The participants were, Nora Quane of Style Lounge, Jennifer Feeney from Fermoy Opticians, Noel McCarthy of Carry Out Fermoy, Geraldine Hegarty of Hegarty Fabrics, Simon Barber of JJ Barber Jewellers, Kathleen O'Keeffe of Bermingham's Pharmacy, Susan Hickey of Hickey's, Michael Ennis from Avondhu Motor Factors Ltd., Goretti Fitzgerald of Bermingham's Newsagents, Mike Walsh of Walsh's Pharmacy, David Hickey of Hickey's, Paul O'Neill from O Crualaoi's butchers and delicatessen, Joy Browne of Vanilla boutique, David Ryan of Davsea Ltd. and Charlie Richards from the PC Clinic, Fermoy.
blog comments powered by Disqus