Thursday, April 7th, 2016

European Sales Competition seeks to raise appreciation of professional sales work

Long popular in the United States, sales competitions are now beginning to take off in Europe. Co-hosted by Haaga-Helia and Turku Universities of Applied Sciences. The second European Sales Competition takes place in Helsinki, Finland on 1 June. “The aim of the competition is to raise the appreciation of professional sales work, to learn the concept of selling at a… 


Saturday, October 31st, 2015

The challenge of sales competitions

Tony Douglas investigates the role and relevance of university sales competitions to sales education from the perspective of business school students. Professional or personal selling has not been regarded by academics in general – nor indeed practitioners – as a profession that can be (or should be) taught at university (Douglas, 2011; Rutterford, 2011; McCourt, 2011). Though this may well… 


Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Powerful women across the world celebrate sales achievements

High-achieving saleswomen in India have been celebrating the first ever Women in Sales Awards. The winners were announced last month. Ruchita Taneja Aggarwal, who is Director, North & East India Sales Head for Citibank, celebrated winning the award for Best Woman Sales Director and the overall accolade of “The Most Distinguished Saleswoman of the Year”. She says: “I hope this… 


Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Simply the best

In the male-dominated profession that is sales,…