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.

Wal-Mart Improving Its Working Environment

The often-criticized Wal-Mart is launching a number of initiatives to improve employee working conditions and morale — in addition to its recently announced wage increases for lower-paid workers. As Tom Ryan reports for RetailWire: “Beyond its widely covered wage increases, Wal-Mart … Continue reading

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TOMS’ “#WITHOUTSHOES” Campaign

As we have reported before, TOMS Shoes (the online retailer) is one of the leading firms in terms of its social responsibility efforts. Its overall business mission is closely tied to its social responsibility efforts. Consider this: TOMS matches every … Continue reading

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Supercharging Up Multichannel Efforts

As we know, at this point in time, millions of firms are engaged in multichannel (omnichannel) retailing. Some do it very well; others can still do better — especially with creating seamless experiences for shoppers. According to Wiser (a company that … Continue reading

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