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CNW/ - Xerox Canada contacted 250
Canadian small business owners and managers
to discuss best practices, and found
eight Office Management Tips guaranteed
to generate big results for your small business.
1. The early bird gets the worm: 47% of
business managers said that mornings are
when they do their best work
2. Dress for success: 54% of managers prefer
a work dress code of “casual Fridays”,
23% ultimate casual, and 12% “traditional
professional”
3. Money talks: 25% of managers list monetary
rewards as their greatest motivator,
while 18% said “nothing” could motivate
them to be more productive
4. Need coffee: 65% of managers report
only 3 to 6 hours of peak productivity.
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5. ...and lots of it: the majority of respondents
reported an average workday of more
than 9 hours.
6. Colour sells: 80% believe that using
colour gives their ideas and proposals
greater credence
7. Go Logo: Six in ten workers say red and
blue coloured logos are most associated
with a successful company
8. Eight is enough: Managers who work
between seven to eight hours a day report
greater satisfaction than those who work
longer days
On behalf of Xerox Canada, Environics
Research Group conducted 250 interviews
with Canadian small business owners or
managers with fewer than 100 employees
between February 20th and 28th, 2003. The
survey has a margin of error of +/-6.2%.
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IGA and Future Shop partner in Ste-Dorothée
New spin on loyalty program: IGA Crévier and Future Shop Ste-Dorothée
recently unveiled a new partnership: in an effort to encourage cross-chain
shopping, customers will be able to present their IGA bills for a discount on
their Future Shop purchases. For every $10 spent in groceries, clients will earn
$1 towards purchases at the electronics outlet - although the minimum Future
Shop purchase should at least equal the amount spent at IGA. The unique
program is a first for Laval, and only the two Ste-Dorothée merchants are
participating. Above, the IGA’s Fanny and Manon Crévier flank Stéphane
Thibodeau, manager of Future Shop Ste-Dorothée, as they make their
announcement; the home theatre system pictured is part of a joint promotion.
Couche-Tard results up on
U.S acquisitions
(CNW) Expansion in the United States
helped convenience store operator
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. post record
quarterly results.
The Laval based company made $24.1 million
(28 cents per share), up from $20.1 million
(23 cents a share) a year ago.
"The sharp rise in the Canadian dollar had a
negative impact of approximately $0.6 million
on net earnings, or close to $0.01 per
share," the company said.
Couche-Tard's sales grew 31.5 per cent to
$895.1 million, compared with $680.9 million
in the same period last year.
The company said 87 per cent of its growth
is attributable to the company's expansion
in the American Midwest, including the
integration of 404 stores Couche-Tard has
acquired, since August 20,2002, from Dairy
Mart Convenience Stores.
"We are confident we will achieve solid
growth in 2003-2004, both in Canada and in
the Midwest," Alain Bouchard, the company's
chairman, president and CEO, said.
"In addition to our recent acquisitions, we
are constantly seeking further opportunities
to expand," Bouchard said.
Mad cow, blackout, forest fires
take toll on economy: TD Bank
The impact of mad cow disease, the Ontario
power blackout and the BC forest fires will
shave more than 1.5 percentage points off
the annual pace of economic growth in the
third quarter, a TD Bank economist said
Thursday.
Growth is likely to be weak in the July-
September period, possibly as low as 1 per
cent, bank senior economist Marc Levesque
said.
He added that some of that weakness will be
recovered in the fourth quarter of this year,
when growth could be more than 0.5 percentage
points higher than otherwise would
be the case.
"Rather than normal cyclical behaviour, a
good part of the apparent weakness in the
economy in the second and third quarters of
the year reflects temporary shocks rather
than more fundamental factors – and will
certainly not prevent the Canadian economy
from chalking up a solid performance in
2004," Levesque said.
Statistics Canada reported last week that the
economy pulled back by 0.1 per cent
between the first and second quarters of this
year. On an annualized basis, the economy
shrank by 0.3 per cent, mainly due to
SARS, mad cow and the sharp rise in the
value of the Canadian dollar.