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.

Eat Fresh at Subway

Subway has become a global fast-food phenomenon — with more than 37,000 locations worldwide. Although it is famous for “Jared” (the real consumer who lost a lot of weight eating Subway heros) and the “$5 dollar foot long,” Subway is a … Continue reading

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Multi-Channel Trends

As we have frequently blogged (see this post, for example), multi-channel retailing is the wave of today and tomorrow. The retailers that succeed in the long run will be those that do the best job in this area. Recently, Platt … Continue reading

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Business Intelligence Comes to the Fore at Loehmann’s

Business intelligence is important for retailers of all sizes and types. This point is driven home by the example of Loehmann’s, a discount apparel chain that was founded in 1921! As Matt Pillar reports for Integrated Solutions for Retail: “It’s been a … Continue reading

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