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.

Cramer Interviews Family Dollar CEO

Posted on June 24, 2012 by bermanevansretail

CNBC’s Jim Cramer discusses Family Dollar and interviews the low-priced retailer’s CEO Howard Levine. The interview starts at 4 minutes into this video. Will low-priced retailers do well when the economy is stronger?

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eBay: A King of Data-Base Management

Posted on June 17, 2012 by bermanevansretail

eBay has been a very successful and popular online retailer, in large part because of its prowess with data-base management. As reported by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University: “Few companies generate as much data … Continue reading →

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Quotations from Ray Kroc, World Famous Franchiser of McDonald’s Fast Food Chain

Posted on June 17, 2012 by bermanevansretail

As Barabara Farfan notes: “When Ray Kroc franchised the first McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, IL on April 15, 1955, it wasn’t just the opening of a restaurant, it was the birth of a fast food empire.” Click the icon below … Continue reading →

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