Category Archives: Part 1: Overview/Planning

This sub-category encompasses an introduction to retailing, building and sustaining relationships in retailing, and strategic planning in retailing.

Fortune’s Top Ten Retail Stories of the Year

Fortune magazine just released its list of the top ten retail stories for 2014. The events on the list are quite diverse. As Phil Wahba reports: “What a year it’s been in the world of retail. Activists took aim at plenty … Continue reading

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Best-Reviewed Retailing Books on Amazon

To end the year of 2014 on an inspiring note, here are several of the best-reviewed books on retailing (by Amazon readers). How many of these books have you read? Why not add a couple of them to your list … Continue reading

Posted in Career Useful Information, Careers in Retailing, Global Retailing, Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Auto Dealers Not Yet Exploiting the Growth of Smartphones

As we have noted several times before, consumer use of their mobile devices has been growing rapidly (for example, see 1, 2). Yet, their use of smartphones to access content varies greatly by product category. According to a new study … Continue reading

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