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.

Sales Tax Fairness

In this infographic, the National Retail Federation raises several points about the fairness of sales tax policies in the United States.    

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Small Business Owner Asks Congress to Level the Sales-Tax Playing Field

This is a plea from one small-business owner to fix the different rules sales taxes under which physical stores must operate versus their online competitors.

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Retail Company Mission Statements

As Barbara Farfan notes, every retailer should have “a distinct way of doing their business, which should be aligned with and defined by their respective mission statements. “ Click the icon to see the mission statements of a variety of retailers.   … Continue reading

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