Christmas shopping stress
reducers
According to a recent study about 60 per cent of us
dislike Christmas shopping. About 20 per cent of us
plan our shopping expeditions ahead while the majority
of us (nearly 75 per cent) often come home without
a single purchase for our efforts.
Stress reduction strategies for successful Christmas
shopping include:
1.
Make
a list of all the gifts you wish to buy before
you go shopping. If you wait for inspiration to
strike, you could be wandering aimlessly around
the shopping centre for hours.
2.
Buy a few extras,
such as chocolates, just in case you forget somebody
or you have unexpected guests bearing gifts.
3.
If possible, do
your Christmas shopping early. Some well-organized
people do their Christmas shopping gradually over
the course of the year, starting with the post-Christmas
sales.
4.
And if you hate
the crowds, buy your gifts by mail catalogue or
on the Internet.
Protect
your customers At Christmas we
tend to interact more with our customers. Identity theft
is a real concern today and as a business owner you
have a responsibility to safe guard your customers/clients
personal information.
Here are some tips on how to do that:
1.
Have
a valid reason for gathering personal information
and collect personal information in a safe way
so that it cannot be overheard or seen by others.
2.
Restrict personal
information to selected staff.
3.
Set passwords for
databases containing personal information.
4.
Shred paperwork
and render electronic documents unreadable prior
to disposal
5.
Avoid displaying,
using or exchanging personal information
