Category Archives: Part 5: Managing a Retail Business

This sub-category encompasses retail organizational structures, human resource management, financial operations management, and operational operations management.

Cognizant’s 2014 Shopper Experience Study

RIS News and Cognizant have published a report on the state of the shopper experience in 2014. More than 5,300 respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and China were surveyed. As RIS News’ editorial director Joe Skorupa notes at the beginning … Continue reading

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Do You Understand the Value of Cross-Channel Attribution?

In this era of complex retail channels, one of the big challenges is attributing the contribution of the various channel members in the consumer’s purchase process. As Forbes’ MarketShare notes: “In today’s more measurement-focused marketing world, cross-channel attribution is a … Continue reading

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Is Choosing a New Location an Art or a Science? Both?

For physical stores, one long-time planning assumption relates to the concept of “location, location, location.” This is still true.  Randy Myers, has a valuable story on Inc.com (“The Art and Science of Choosing a New Location”) — “Expanding into a new … Continue reading

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