Category Archives: Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional

This sub-category encompasses retail institutions by ownership type, retail institutions by store-based strategy mix, and Web, nonstore-based, and other nontraditional forms of retailing.

This Is Retail: The Great Possibilities of a Career in Retailing

Posted on August 27, 2014 by bermanevansretail

For the last year-plus, the National Retail Federation has sponsored a campaign called This is Retail: “Retail is about more than providing consumers with great products. In 2013, [we] introduced This is Retail to highlight the industry’s opportunities for life-long careers, … Continue reading →

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Online Retailing Through the Years

Posted on August 24, 2014 by bermanevansretail

As we have reported before (see, for example: 1, 2), online retailing remains strong both in the United States and around the world. Here is an infographic from SnapParcel, an Ireland-based courier service, that looks at the evolution of E-commerce … Continue reading →

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Real-Time U.S. Retail Spending by the Second

Posted on August 23, 2014 by bermanevansretail

Are you interested in current retail shopping statistics? Then, consider the fun, interactive Web site highlighted in this post. Retale — a company that offers a mobile destination application for shoppers that incorporates retail circulars into a rich, interactive format — recently … Continue reading →

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