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.

Why Is Airline Pricing SOOOO Different?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by bermanevansretail

As we know, in recent years, the airlines have made an already complicated pricing system even more complex. Their pricing model is quite different from other retailers. Consider this observation from an article by Scott McCartney for the Wall Street Journal: … Continue reading →

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A Supreme Court Victory for American Express — But Not for Retailers

Posted on June 29, 2013 by bermanevansretail

In a major June 2013 business ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with American Express and against the firms’ retail clients. This is especially significant for smaller retailers. As reported by Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Longstreth for Reuters: “The U.S. Supreme … Continue reading →

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Fastest-Growing U.S. Franchisors

Posted on June 28, 2013 by bermanevansretail

Each year, Entrepreneur magazine ranks more than 100 of the fastest-growing U.S. franchise companies. Here are the top 10 for 2013: Subway — submarine sandwiches & salads; startup costs:  $85,200 – $260,350 Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l. — commercial cleaning; startup costs: $3,150 – $50,410 7-Eleven … Continue reading →

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