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.

Grocery Sales in 2017

Posted on August 12, 2013 by bermanevansretail

What’s ahead for the grocery industry? As reported by Facts, Figures & the Future, a recent study by Willard Bishop consultancy uncovered some interesting findings: “By 2017, traditional grocery stores will lose another 1.6 percentage points of dollar-spend market share to 44.9%—down from … Continue reading →

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How Small Retailers Can Think Big

Posted on August 4, 2013 by bermanevansretail

Third-party channel partners can enable local retailers to think bigger — and dramatically increase their geographic coverage. Consider the case of Sandy Poehnelt, owner of The Right Slice in Kauai, Hawaii — as reported by Inc.: “When customers began asking Sandy if … Continue reading →

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Uh, Oh: NRF Predicts Slower Back-to-School Revenues This Year

Posted on August 1, 2013 by bermanevansretail

For many retailers, back-to-school revenues comprise a large part of their annual sales. Thus, an uptick or down-tick for this season can have a big impact on the bottom line. This is the National Retail Federation’s take on back-to-school 2013: … Continue reading →

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