Per a memo from John Kampfe, Director – Consumer Industry Analyst Relations, AT&T will begin closing corporate stores, due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Retail: Today AT&T will begin closing 40% of our company owned retail stores nationwide. Closures will continue while we concentrate our resources on select stores to meet the immediate service needs of our customers, Read more…
**update here – https://nwida.org/boost-sets-dealer-compensation-floor** We reached out to David Kim – VP Prepaid Sales, Strategy & Operations for Sprint (the head honcho at Boost) and here’s what he told me: Hi Adam, Our field leaders are in constant daily communication with our retail partners as am I. These are unprecedented times and evolving daily. First, I would Read more…
Now it’s T-Mobile and Verizon’s turn. T-Mobile plans to close all of its stores situated inside indoor malls until further notice. These stores include T-Mobile, Metro and dealers. As we mentioned, Dealers will be paid. Verizon also announced that they will temporarily be closing several of its stores throughout the country. There is no word on until Read more…
Per a memo from Tracy Nolan, Sprint President of National Sales, Strategy and Operations: We are going to move forward with the temporary closing of approximately 71% of our locations from across the country. We plan to keep open and operate just over 1,000 stores, which includes our service & repair locations. This is not an easy Read more…
Metro has sent out a memo (below) that stated for the month of March, Metro stores will have a Dealer Compensation Floor of at least equal to February commissions. This is a great move by Metro, supporting their stores in this time of retail uncertainty. However, no such information came from Boost. So far, the only thing Read more…
We’ve launched our video channel! The series will include interviews with our Vendor Partners and “News Makers” as well as breaking industry news. The first one is below (We’ll get better – I promise!) Please (as the kids say) like and subscribe! — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not Read more…
A fairly large number of Metro by T-Mobile inside staff were let go by T-Mobile. Apparently, all departments that “ran reports” including departments and positions like Analysts and Administrative Assistants, as well as other staff, in Finance, Operations, Training and Business Development were told that T-Mobile would use the corporate departments to provide those services to Metro. Read more…
As I’m sure you have seen in the news, the Coronavirus has reached epidemic proportions – especially in China. And, especially in the province where much of the manufacturing takes place. This, coupled with the fact the shutdown occurred right around the time for the Chinese work break for their New Year, has put many items in Read more…
NWIDA and CDI will be hosting a Special Agent Seminar at the CCA Show: Improving Agent Performance: Your Road Map to Increasing Sales & Profit Monday, March 30, – 9am to 4pm — Sheraton Hotel – Dallas, TX(This session is run in concert with the Competitive Carriers Conference – It is open to agents of ANY carrier. Who Read more…
Samsung is not to be outdone by the new Motorola Razr flip – here is their announcement of the Galaxy Z Flip Smartphone: — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today. Want news like this delivered to your inbox? Click HERE Read more…