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Introduction

Thank you for your interest in Graff Retail. If you are looking for more information about our company, you have come to the right place. Enjoy browsing through our Media Room. Members of the press are invited to get in touch with us using the contact information below.

Media Contacts

Mary Gordon
Media Relations
1-888-263-1835
905-842-1275
mary@graffretail.com

Kevin Graff
President
1-888-263-1835
905-842-1275
kevin@graffretail.com

 

 

News

National Post
Service key to retail success


"Customers will always pay more for service," says Kevin Graff, who founded Graff Retail after years in the business and helps retail chains drive business through staff training and recruitment.

Biz Magazine
Independent Thinking


Savvy retailers are adapting to smarter, more demanding customers, says Kevin Graff, president of Oakville-based Graff Retail. "There's still a fighting attitude." read more.

Biz Magazine
Tips & Tricks


Tips & Tricks - Don't just survive - thrive...by doing what they do better." read more.

Travel Goods, Fashion & Accessories Magazine
Tips & Tricks


Well, you can set aside all the dread and worry because the truth is that you can and should be doing just fine, thank you very much. Why do I say this? Well, the best-kept secret it seems during this economic malaise is that most retailers are actually ahead of last year." read more.

Canadian Retailer July/August 2009
From the mouths of managers.


They’re the public face of your business and your brand, and no one plays a more important role in bringing staff and head office together. But what really makes your store managers tick? Delegates attending STORE 2009 came to find out what Kevin Graff had to say…read the full story.

Gift and Tablewares January 2009
Staying Competitive.


“Staying relevant to the customer isn’t an issue that’s unique to a down economy. In fact, it’s probably the biggest challenge for every retailer…read the full story.

Marketing 411 WEEKLY Oct 2008
Can you actually sell?


Would you perform open heart surgery if you had never been to medical school? What about defusing a live bomb without any prior formal instruction? "Ridiculous", you say. "That would be the height of foolishness." Obviously, you are 100% correct!read the full story.

retailwire - BrainTrust Panelist




Business Edge
Retailers ready to sing refund blues


In Canada, retail returns vary from a low of five per cent to a high of 30 per cent during the holiday season, according to figures from Toronto-based retail consultancy firm Graff Retail Group. ...Read full story

Singer Asia to Launch Singer Retail Acadamy
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July, 2008 – The Singer Retail Academy (SRA) is a human resources initiative designed to significantly enhance the training and career development of staff employed at the retail shops and the field supervisory personnel. The SRA has been developed in conjunction with Graff Retail, a Canadian human resources consultancy company specialising in the retail industry...Read full press release

WEBSITE RE-BRANDING THAT HELPS DRIVE RETAIL PERFORMANCE




Canadian Retailers Honoured at National Excellence in Retailing Awards Event
Retail Council of Canada Media Release


Toronto, June 3, 2008 – Retail Council of Canada (RCC) awarded 18 prestigious industry awards at the annual Excellence in Retailing Awards Dinner last night. These awards recognize the retail industry's top achievers and were presented as part of STORE 2008 — Canada's Retail Conference...Read full press release

EXCELLENCE IN RETAILING AWARDS
[WINNER] Bonnie Togs Children’s Outfitters


"Developed in partnership with Graff Retail, the program included systems for hiring, sales training, sales management and performance coaching, with training materials, supporting documents, classroom workshops and an in-store training approach developed for each system. An implementation schedule was prepared and the entire program launched over the course of fiscal 2005 to 2007...Read full press release

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Forget The Traffic… Where’s Your Service?


"If there’s one area in which retailers really excel, it’s generating great advertising and excitement in their stores. Just when you think you’ve heard and shopped every promotion there is, along comes another barnburner where almost everyone seems to pull in shoppers by the thousands...Read full press release

The Hamilton Spectator
Click tricks: Mac students holding symposium on 'e-retailing'


"John Torella and Kevin Graff are big time consultants ... (large retail) organizations pay them tens of thousands of dollars to get their advice. For the small time retailer who cannot access these consultants ... they can get an idea about what makes market leaders so successful...Read full story

The Hamilton Spectator
Downtown rejuvenation in hands of the merchants


"Guest speaker Kevin Graff told the merchants that service is vital to their survival because they don't receive the same amount of traffic as stores in malls...Read full story

Toronto Star
Fur lightens up for next season Extreme designs in casual styles are aimed at young customers


"The four-day trade exposition featured seminar guests including retailer Rokie Bernstein, Vogue fashion forecaster Ed Menicheschi, marketing expert Kevin Graff...Read full story

 
 
 

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retail training

Getting better staff performance is very, very achievable. It takes a comprehensive solution to make it happen; one that looks at every...


workshops

The Graff Series offers a wide variety of courses designed by renowned retail expert, Kevin Graff. The series address real retail topics...

     

consulting

At Graff Retail, our team of retail experts are highly skilled at identifying areas of opportunity, developing a strategy for improvement...


speeches

Our understanding of the retail environment, coupled with years of hands-on experience and the polished delivery of all our speakers...

     

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