WITH just two weeks until shopaholics indulge in a five-hour islandwide discount bonanza at their favourite retailers for the Jamaica Observer Takes Style Out-initiated venture, retailers and entrepreneurs from the fashion, beauty, home furnishing, digital media, and even the ice-manufacturing industries gathered for an enlightening seminar hosted by the Jamaica Yellow Pages (JYP) at the Spanish Court Hotel on Monday.

Free to all interested retailers, the four-presenter morning session held in the hotel’s stark white Valencia Room, addressed contemporary retail trends from the viewpoint of JYP Digital Marketing Manager Kimone Singh; the business payoffs of website development and maintainenance of an online storefront, which were talking points for JYP Digital Sales Manager Rasheed Girvan; steps to cultivate a culture of service delivery excellence for both customer and staff members, which was expounded on by customer service coach Nadine Burrowes-Seaga; and a walk-through of how to create visually enticing store windows and interiors to attract customers by Karen Booker, CEO of Karen Booker Design Group.

Jamaica Observer Takes Style Out is slated to take place on Thursday, October 1.