Walmart was the first business to require all its staff to wear name badges. (There's a surprise!) Sam Walton created this initiative as he desired his customers to "get to know the people they purchased from."

However the value of employee name badges spans beyond getting to understand people, it's all about being approachable. So regardless of whether you work in retail, hospitality, food service or sales, to wear a name tag is an important thing as you need to provide top notch customer service to go along with your gleaming name badge!

Here are some ways name tags will help your employees maintain an accessible, comfortable business environment.

Accessibility
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