Retail

In an age where many industries are turning to technology to advance their businesses, there’s one industry where having a physical showroom gives you the upper hand – and that’s retail! While brick-and-mortar retailers often struggle to compete against the low prices available online, solely online retailers can’t compete with the traditional retailer’s ability to capture the “touch and feel” customers. Physical stores provide customers with a different

HME experts often position retail sales as the ultimate panacea to whatever ails an HME business. It makes sense: retail sales are free from the hassles of Medicare and private payer; they aren’t subject to capricious price cuts; they can expand a provider’s reach into all new markets.  However, there are a number of real world business issues associated with retail sales, as well. One of the most important is purchasing.   HME Business provides information about why managing

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Are you curious about incorporating CBD into your business? Many HME providers are curious about whether or not CBD is right for their business. HomeCare Magazine recently spoke with three major CBD vendors and were provided with six basic questions to find out if CBD is right for your business.   What is CBD anyway?  What does CBD do?  Who is using it?  Why should I offer it?  Is it legal in my location?  How do I get started?  To read the

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If mobile apps and e-commerce are on the rise, how can retailers bring their customers back into their traditional brick-and-mortar stores? To better understand the digital and in-store shopping habits of young Millennials (18-24) and Baby Boomers (55-64), Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, conducted a global study of more than 350 shoppers. Based on the response, Millennials use retail mobile apps significantly more than Boomers but also are more attracted to brands with loyalty apps

Zalamoon has been hard at work making it easier for Essentially Women members to purchase from them. They recently launched a new webpage tailored to the EW membership base. The webpage requires a password to enter. View the full details on how to access the page.  Zalamoon is one of Essentially Women’s newest vendor partners. They offer specialty mother and baby gift items that are unlike anything else in the marketplace. Their baby blankets are incredibly soft and functional

As insurance payers become less reliable as a source of income, many members have considered including more retail items in their business. There are a few reasons we come across on why providers don’t get into retail, one of those reasons is because there are so many products in the market, businesses are overwhelmed about what to choose first. Another is the unknown if and what products will actually sell. Depending on who you ask, every item out in the market is the best, right? Let’s

Are you selling cash products alongside items that are reimbursable? Is your cash business a focus for you and your team? Retail is essentially selling of products for cash, where there's an interaction between an employee and a customer. The employee uncovers a need from the customer and she suggests a product to help the situation. Insurance payors are becoming increasingly unreliable as a single source of revenue. Supplement revenue with cash sales that make sense for your business.

Many providers who primarily accept Medicare reimbursement are looking to cash as the answer. If a Medicare beneficiary wants to pay cash, do you have to let them know that the item may be covered by Medicare? The answer is yes. This goes for not only independent providers, but bigger national retailers as well.  If a provider has a reason to suspect that a customer is a Medicare beneficiary, it's better to err on the side of caution and go through the Advanced Beneficiary Notice