Category Archives: Global Retailing

Read about how domestic and foreign retailers are performing around the world.

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

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Is Sephora Living Up to Its Price Promises?

What happens when retailers do not live up to the promises they make to customers (or seemingly do not live up to them)? The social media fallout is typically fast and furious. The global Sephora chain, owned by upscale LVMH Moët Hennessy … Continue reading

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Cognizant’s 2014 Shopper Experience Study

RIS News and Cognizant have published a report on the state of the shopper experience in 2014. More than 5,300 respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and China were surveyed. As RIS News’ editorial director Joe Skorupa notes at the beginning … Continue reading

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