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Lean and Happy: How Cost-Cutting Can Boost Your Business

The holidays are fast upon us, and while it might be a busy time, year-end is also the right time to examine the financial health of your business and look for ways to trim unnecessary fat. Even for a business that keeps its costs…

Robert N. RossierAugust 20, 2021

Facility Maintenance Operations

Your Compressor, Considered

Editor’s note: With this issue of DCB aimed to stimulate thought about ways to improve your business (either by increasing sales or managing costs), we asked Donna Askew to address the most important, costly and invasive piece of equipment in…

Donna AskewJuly 28, 2021

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Handling Hazards, Minimizing Risk: Gas Analysis Basics for Dive Centers, Part 1

Divers Alert Network (DAN) recently introduced a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) program to the industry. The new program will include educational material, business analysis tools, training and marketing opportunities designed to create a new standard of safety, bolster…

Reilly FogartyJune 23, 2021

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The Fill Station as the Heart of your Dive Center

You’ve surely heard the old adage, “It’s what’s inside that counts.” In our line of work, the fill station is the heart of the dive center. Without the ability to pump compressed gas into cylinders, we’re dead. Yet in some…

Reilly FogartyMay 4, 2021

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Everything Speaks: Paying Attention to Details Will Benefit Your Dive Center

In the world of business training and consultation, a hallmark area of development has been in customer service, especially in the verbal communications piece of customer service. Everything from greeting the customer to closing the sale is pored over with…

Tec ClarkMay 4, 2021

Facility Merchandizing Operations Retail Selling 101

Bright Ideas: Creating the Right Sales Environment with Effective Lighting

You only have to draw from your experiences as a consumer to realize that as customers enter any store they immediately begin forming an impression that will influence the duration of their shopping experiences. In many cases, whether you immediately…

Dawn ArcieriNovember 5, 2012

Facility Operations

The Pros and Cons Of an On-site Swimming Pool

If you've ever taught scuba with a store that conducted confined-water training at the local YMCA or community center, you can appreciate the value of a swimming pool on-site at the dive center. For one, you don't have to worry…

Linda Lee WaldenFebruary 3, 2009

Facility Operations

How to Clean Up in the Dive Business: Keeping Your Store Clean and Organized

Look around your store during the middle of any business day. Is the sales floor neat and attractive, or is packing material strewn on the floor and unsold merchandise draped over the chairs? Does your storeroom look like the wake…

Patricia LuebkeJanuary 12, 2009

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