http://blog.myzata.com Zata - Market Sales Intelligence for Retailers and Restaurants Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:17:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Total estimated sales of the restaurants, caterers and taverns industry reached $3.5 billion in May, a 3.2% increase from May 2006 on a year-over-year basis. (Data are neither seasonally adjusted, nor adjusted for inflation.) cutitul de argint sinaia balerini online cele mai tari baruri ceai de plante carti ce trebuie citite despre muzica ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/31/stats-can-releases-restaurant-results-for-may/ Zata is excited to inform our hospitality clients of a new partnership formed with Tablesetter.com. This new web-based service was designed to drastically simplify constant human resource issues within the industry by focusing on clear-cut ways to cut your operating costs and reduce your turnover rates. Electronically standardizing the whole resume ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/26/tablesettercom-offers-zata-users-6-months-free/ Study: Year-end review of retail sales and competition for market share 2006 Canada's retailers enjoyed healthy growth rates in all major commodity groups in 2006, and in fact, total sales matched the peak year-over-year gain of the last nine years, according to a new study. However, ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/25/stats-can-2006-retail-review/ There's more than meets the eye to a good sign. First you need to consider the location of your sign. Ask these types of questions. Will your sign be over your door or out on the street? + A sign over your door might only need to a have your logo and ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/20/transform-your-signage/ TQM - Total Quality Management was a concept touted by Management Guru's in the early 90's as a way of ensuring that every part of the organization is striving for excellence. I was fortunate enough to be part of a TQM implementation while in the restaurant industry in 1994. ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/18/what-can-we-learn-from-the-90s-management-crazes/ Batrus Hollweg International has done a very interesting study looking at the attitudes of Quick Service Restaurant managers and how they changed between 2001 and 2006. Click here to download the overview Overall, they noted: Significant drops in Leadership and Commitment to Quality Minor drops in Customer Service Orientation, Communication and Effort ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/16/change-in-attitudes-measured-among-qsr-managers/ As a smart business person, you're always protecting your margin. Your ability to negotiate well with your suppliers is key to staying in business. Here are 3 easy-to-use tactics to make your negotiating more successful. Wincing: Your first reaction should be to show anguish whenever any price is given. ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/12/3-fun-negotiating-tactics/ Want up-to-date information about what's going on in the retail and restaurant industries? Just log into Zata and you'll get the most recent Industry Averages. Restaurant Industry Average ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/10/new-zata-feature-weekly-industry-averages/ Here's a really great feature that we've added to Zata. It came as a direct result of some of the comments we received right after we first launched the site. You can now add the events that are going on right around your restaurant or retail store and see them within ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/09/track-events-in-zata/ One of the great new features in Zata is the ability to add multiple groups. You can now create custom parameters so you're compared to exactly the types of restaurants or retail stores that are similar to yours. As well, you can add more than one custom group. That means if ... http://blog.myzata.com/2007/07/06/custom-groups-in-zata/