Category Archives: Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information

This sub-category encompasses identifying and understanding consumers, and information gathering and processing in retailing.

Amazon Creates Its Own “Prime” Holiday

To stimulate its Prime Membership business, Amazon has created a new “Prime Day” holiday on July 15, 2015. As Tim Parry recently reported for Multichannel Merchant: “While not unheard of globally, Prime Day appears to be the first self-created selling … Continue reading

Posted in Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Social Media and Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

A Valuable Site for Retail Startups

The Retail Startup is a Web site operated by the popular Retail Owners Institute (an organization we have referenced several times before — see, for example, 1, 2, 3): “The Retail Owners Institute has developed this site as a kind of … Continue reading

Posted in Career Useful Information, Careers in Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Wegmans: The Supermarket King of Private Brands

Wegmans is one of the leading — and the most-respected, according to Consumer Reports — supermarket chains in the United States: “Our roots go back to 1916, and we’ve hit many, many milestones that have gained attention in the supermarket … Continue reading

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