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To Boldly Go: the Nuts and Bolts Of Training a Good Dive Trip Leader

Somewhere around midnight we finally got the compressor, compressor oil, spare belts, tanks and weights loaded onto the truck. Two days later, I met 18 people at the dive shop where we piled into the store van and got one…

Marty SnydermanJanuary 14, 2009

Legal Management Management 101 Operations

Total Recall: Understanding and Navigating Federal Recall Regulations

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is the federal agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death relating to consumer products. In 2003, the most recent year that such statistics are available, the CPSC initiated…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 14, 2009

Legal Loss Prevention Management

They Sue Retailers, Don’t They? Keeping Good Records Is Vital to Prevailing in a Product Liability Suit

A lawsuit like this is scary. Product liability law in the United States is designed to protect innocent consumers from dangerous and defective products. Once a product is determined to be defective, a manufacturer, distributor, and/or retailer can be "strictly"…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 13, 2009

As I See It Local Diving Marketing 101 This Works for Us Travel

‘Teach Them, Then Take Them’: How We Use Local Diving to Keep Business Thriving

Bill Matthies, president of Minnesota School of Diving Inc., sent us this letter on how local diving benefits his business. His Midwest dive center is near a number of flooded mines, which provide local diving opportunities for his students and…

Bill MatthiesJanuary 13, 2009

Dive Instruction Travel

Referral Certification: How Retailers Try to Overcome the Challenges Of a Long-distance Relationship

Over the years, sending students to tropical destinations to complete the open-water portion of their training has become a standard practice in the dive industry. In spite of its prevalence, some retailers are split on the value of the "referral…

Marty SnydermanJanuary 13, 2009

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Defining Your Legacy: Now Is the Time to Discuss and Determine Your Estate Plan and Succession Strategy

Owning a dive store is no small feat. Your head is swimming with the day-to-day challenges, which include managing people, cash and inventory. You have legal, insurance, and financing issues to contend with. Even if you've been a dive retailer…

Robert A. Idol Esq.January 13, 2009

Marketing Marketing 101 Travel

Pretrip and Post-trip: Two Ends Of a Successful Retail Dive Travel Program

To run profitable trips, you need to set precedents that encourage your customers to make commitments. Remember, when a client cancels it is possible that you might end up losing money or have to cancel a trip, and that affects…

Marty SnydermanJanuary 13, 2009

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Gift Cards and the Scuba Retailer

It's a pretty good bet that if you gave us a list of topics that you would like to see covered in this magazine, an article about gift cards would be way at the bottom of your list, if at…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 13, 2009

Travel

Group Trip Survival Kit

There are obvious big examples of what can cause a well-planned group trip to fly off the rails; hurricanes, a supplier bankruptcy, a diving accident. But what about lost luggage? The passport that doesn't match the ticket name? The father…

Laurie J. WilsonJanuary 12, 2009

Travel

Hope for the Best, Plan for Success: a Retailer’s Guide to Safe Group Trip Planning

Is dive travel the lifeblood, the bane, or have you banned it from your business? While many successful retailers embrace group travel, other dive retailers shy away from this aspect of the business for a few reasons, including fear of…

Laurie J. WilsonJanuary 12, 2009

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To Boldly Go: the Nuts and Bolts Of Training a Good Dive Trip Leader

Total Recall: Understanding and Navigating Federal Recall Regulations

They Sue Retailers, Don’t They? Keeping Good Records Is Vital to Prevailing in a Product Liability Suit

‘Teach Them, Then Take Them’: How We Use Local Diving to Keep Business Thriving

Referral Certification: How Retailers Try to Overcome the Challenges Of a Long-distance Relationship

Defining Your Legacy: Now Is the Time to Discuss and Determine Your Estate Plan and Succession Strategy

Pretrip and Post-trip: Two Ends Of a Successful Retail Dive Travel Program

Gift Cards and the Scuba Retailer

Group Trip Survival Kit

Hope for the Best, Plan for Success: a Retailer’s Guide to Safe Group Trip Planning

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