Category Archives: Part 4: Store Location Planning

This sub-category encompasses trading-area analysis and site selection.

More Grocery Retailers Go Multichannel

We know that all kinds of retailers understand the value of multiple touch points for consumers — and are acting accordingly. Recently, the “Seventh Annual Supermarket Benchmark Study” was published. As reported by eMarketer: “Grocers, like other retailers, are increasingly … Continue reading

Posted in Online Retailing, 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, Social Media and Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

An Interview with Auntie Anne’s Founder

Anne Beiler is the founder and CEO of Auntie Anne’s. Recently, she sat down for an interview with Fortune about her career and life. As Dinah Eng notes in the lead in to the interview: “When Anne Beiler bought a … 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 , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Retailing Revisited

JWT Intelligence has just released an excellent new report entitled Retail Rebooted: “Retail is undergoing a momentous shift, with brick-and-mortar stores forced to evolve for a digital-commerce age; multiple new ways to buy; the rise of data-based personalization; fast-changing consumer … Continue reading

Posted in Global Retailing, Online 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 8: Putting It All Together, Social Media and Retailing, Technology in Retailing | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment