individual store sales flag

English translation: a decline in sales by individual stores

19:19 Mar 16, 2017

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While these local reviews and ratings can be the lifeblood of small businesses, they can also have an enormous impact on regional, national, and even global concerns, as their larger reputations are pegged to customer opinion at the local level.

“Think about businesses that operate hundreds or thousands of locations,” says Jeff Rohrs, chief marketing officer at the reputation management software platform Yext. “Their brand reputation isn’t just won at a national level; it’s won store by store in the communities they serve. Even the most reputable brands see ***individual store sales flag*** in the face of bad local customer experiences. As a result, such brands need to train and empower local managers such that they can respond to negative online sentiment in a manner befitting a company that wants to be a lasting part of communities it serves.”

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Selected answer:a decline in sales by individual stores

Explanation:
flag
to decline in interest, attraction, or value: flagging stock prices

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philgoddard
United States

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Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Phil.
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a decline in sales by individual stores

philgoddard

4 +4

to flag = to slow down

Tony M

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peer agreement (net): +7

a decline in sales by individual stores

Explanation:
flag
to decline in interest, attraction, or value: flagging stock prices

Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
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Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Phil.

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

to flag = to slow down

Explanation:
Judging by the way you have parsed this, I think you may not have realized that 'flag' here is a verb, not a noun.

So nationwide management can notice a slow down / downturn / fall in sales from any one shop due to bad publicity locally; in other words, it doesn't only affect the local store itself, but gets noticed by top managamen at national level.

Tony M
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