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.

Competition for Specialty Toy Retailers

According to this video from Euromonitor International, “specialty toy retailers have been slow to embrace online retailing, states Giedrius Daujotas, toys and games research analyst at Euromonitor. With grocery stores in developed markets selling more toys at lower prices and … Continue reading

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Grocery Retailing in Developing Markets

As Euromonitor International reports: “The landscape of grocery retailing is changing with more consumers shopping at modern grocery shops as opposed to traditional stores. However, independent small grocers are still important in many smaller markets.”    

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Amazon Marketplace Merchants Complain of Competition with…Amazon?

Through its Amazon Marketplace, the retailer enables 3rd-party firms to offer items for sale at Amazon.com. Overall, merchants are satisfied with this. But sometimes, Amazon competes with these merchants and makes it tough for them to succeed. As Don Reisinger, … Continue reading

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