Friends and Family Discount

Friends and family discount was something that was given to the employees to hand out to whoever they chose to basically come in the store and use our discount. Our customers received a 30% off their total purchase which really made them happy because we had purchases of $120 go down to about $83. It was a really busy weekend for us with everyone coming in and using that coupons. This helped me with my topic though because it helped with proving that sales and promotions really do work, in bringing in more customers.

Blog 17: Answer 3

• EQ 
• What is essential for becoming a successful retail franchise owner?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
• In order to keep the success of your company you must always have sales and promotions.
• 3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)
• it keeps the customers satisfied to save a couple of dollars
• at vans we always have bogo 50% on shoes, socks and sometimes apparel
• if you do bogo free you are guaranteed to get a lot of customers
• The research source (s) to support your details and answer
• http://www.marketingdonut.co.uk/marketing/customer-care/selling-more-to-existing-customers/sales-promotions-faqs
• Concluding Sentence
• I've learned this through my mentorship and helping customers, when asked what makes them keep coming back they tell me it's cause of the sales and promotions that we have.

Nerd day

Nerd day at vans! I came in to work a couple of weeks ago and as a joke we made one of our managers dress as a nerd in all vans clothes to help promote the store, it actually worked people laughed so hard they started buying the products he was wearing just to make others laugh. This was just another way to show how much fun business can be!

Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

• What is essential for becoming a successful retail franchise owner?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• You must know your ideal customer's wants and needs

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• Know who your biggest competitors are

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Today's fashion
• Successful companies
• Top sales

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.csupomona.edu/docview/1432227456?pq-origsite=summon

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• http://link.springer.com.proxy.library.csupomona.edu/article/10.1007/s10551-011-1048-x/fulltext.html

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

• After doing almost 6 months of mentorship I have concluded that my second answer would be knowing who your biggest competitors are.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Content:

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• I am taking a college computer class for my independent component 2

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I will be learning how to use Microsoft and PCs and I plan on showing evidence of this by showing my transcript

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• This will help me explore my topic more in depth by learning how to use Powerpoint, Excel, and Windows; in the business world all of the following applications listed above are used everyday and it is important to know how to use them.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• I have already done this.

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a)  I, Rebecca Barberi, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• http://www.vans.com
  (c) Senior Project Hours log updated
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• I did more mentorship for my independent component with my mentor
• INTERPRETIVE 
  For my work I did more mentorship at Vans, the significance that it has to my topic is I learned more show to answer my EQ. I learned how important customer service is as well as stock. I also learned ways to stay successful and how to manage a business. 
  
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• This helped me better understand my topic because it taught me what it actually takes to run a successful business. It doesn't just require good clothes or shoes, it requires a team that enjoys the brand as much as the customer as well as creating an environment where you feel welcomed instantaneously and know that you can always come back and still feel that feeling.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

            One of the things I'm most proud of with my presentation was that I was actually able to capture everyone's attention. I was able to engage with them and really make a connection and have them see/ notice things that they wouldn't think of such as trends among their peers.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
                 
                  I think I deserve a P because I followed the guidelines of the contract, I also spoke from knowledge not from the powerpoint or note cards. As well as that I believe that I was actually able to really capture everyone's attention in the room and make this more of a fun and entertaining presentation instead of a boring one.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

                 What worked for me in this presentation was the fact that I really understood what it was that I was talking about and that I was able to teach other people on my topic and make them see what I see when I think of retail or trends.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

                What didn't work was the fact that I could not use my laptop to present and the flash drive where my powerpoint was saved didn't work either. Next time for future reference I will either bring an adapter for the computer or I will save the powerpoint three different ways so that one of those files will work (As it did today).
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

                  I think my answer #2 might be: To know who your biggest competition is