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.

Revisiting Steve Jobs at Stanford: One of the Greatest Commencement Speeches Ever!

Posted on May 18, 2015 by bermanevansretail

At this time of college graduations, take a look at one of the gold standards of commencement speeches — Steve Jobs’ 2005 speech at Stanford. It is truly inspiring and has been viewed more than 22 million times at YouTube. … Continue reading →

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The Pre-Millennial and Retailing

Posted on May 11, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Pre-millennials are those born in the 1980s and 1990s. This group is an important one for the future of most retailers. BearingPoint has done a lot of research on this market segment. Take a look at an infographic and a … Continue reading →

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An Infographic Look at Social Media Marketing in 2015

Posted on May 5, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As Kristy Schnabel reports for It’s Virtually Done: “Social Media Exam­iner is the largest online social media mag­a­zine. At their event — Social Media Mar­ket­ing World (#SMMW15) — they promised that we would ‘rub shoul­ders with the biggest names and … Continue reading →

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