12. Sales Per Square Foot: This contest is suitable for larger retail stores where each square foot in the store is occupied by one kind of product. Like:

• One section for apparels
• Another section for electronics etc.

Run this contest every month. At the end of each month, calculate the sales per square foot in the store. Reward all employees who work in the section with the highest sales.

13. Inventory Watchers: Run this contest around getting your staff to check the inventory regularly and restock.

14. Weekend Warriors: Conduct this contest to motivate your staff to work on weekends. Reward exciting prizes to all employees who have worked productively over weekends.

15. Raffle Corner: This contest motivates your employees to perform well and achieve their monthly targets. Start by setting measurable goals, like

• Bring in a certain amount of sales
• Get a certain number of positive reviews from the customers
• Sell a certain number of units of a product etc

Every time your employees achieve their targets, give them raffle tickets. When the contest is over, raffle off the prizes and pick winners.

16. Mavens of Memberships: Focus this contest around motivating your staff on the floor to get more customers to sign up for your loyalty program.

17. Fantasy Retail League: If you have various stores across different locations, run this contest between these stores. Encourage your staff to increase the overall sales during the contest period. By the end of the contest, reward the store that achieves the highest sales.

18. Upsell and Prosper: This contest marches your retail staff to upsell to customers. The employee who makes the most significant upsell wins the contest.

19. Star Performer: Run this contest and motivate your staff to raise the sales of a newly launched product. The employee who succeeds in selling more units of the new product gets a “Star Performer” badge and a huge cash bonus.