Monday, 19 January 2009

Benefits of Secret Shopping in the UK

Where are your customers going once they have visited your store?

Just imagine for one moment the horror of having no customers in your store. Would you be satisfied that you have a successful business? The answer is absolutely not!

Customers are critical to the success of every business, so it makes complete sense that the better you make the customer's experience, the more successful your business will be. This is especially true in demanding times when all businesses are competing for every penny and every customer.

The unfortunate business reality is that your competitors are very similar to you. They have a good location, good product range, smart premises, easy parking and good staff. So the key to winning the loyalty of your customers is determining how can you persuade customers to come to your business rather than your competitors.

One of the best secret shopping companies called Retail Active develops world class Secret Shopping programmes. Their programmes help determine the key reasons why shoppers are satisfied or dissatisfied with the service and experience you provide. Retail Active helps build a clear picture of the trends and opportunities to help establish a clear lead ahead of your competitors.

Where Retail Active is different from all other Secret Shopping Companies is that they use award winning training methodology to design and implement solutions to real life business challenges. This is a unique process where the consumer insight is the basis of future staff training.

Retail active are helping companies grow year on year (even in tough markets) by providing clear and concise customer insight about service culture and where it needs to be.