Did you ever answer a customer's / client's question and receive a very confused look from them in return?
A few years back a customer asked me why we were out of a particular item.
My answer was, “I know that we “surveyed” that item, but I think it was either “scratched” or on “allocation.”
The customer gave me the same look (deer in headlights) I gave the young doctor when he told me that my “diastolic” number was fine but he was concerned about my “systolic” number.
The point is, we need to communicate to our customers / clients on their terms. Many of us with retail experience use words like “discontinued”, “selector error”, “focus item” “shipper” "drop-ship" ... just to name a few...and acronyms like "OOS" "CSS" "POS" ...what do these mean to our customers? Nothing!
Knowledge of the your business is good, but the ability to successfully communicate and have your customers / clients understand you is excellence!
This presents an unique opportunity to “raise the bar” in customer /client communications and in conversations with those that may not be related to your specific industry.
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