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.

Are You Pursuing a Career Or Working at a Job?

Posted on May 25, 2014 by bermanevansretail

How important is your career to you? Do you view your job as “work?” The answers to these questions are substantially different for millennials and bay boomers. As job site Monster notes: “While one may think careers would be valued … Continue reading →

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Retailers Becoming More Aggressive in Reducing Security Breeches

Posted on May 19, 2014 by bermanevansretail

As we all know, data theft and security breeches are a huge problem for both large and small retailers (click here, for example). After the spate of recent incidents, retailers and credit card companies in the United States seem ready now … Continue reading →

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Coldwater Creek: From Retailer of the Year to Liquidation

Posted on May 13, 2014 by bermanevansretail

In another sign of the changing times in retailing, Coldwater Creek is now undergoing a liquidation sale of its remaining merchandise and will soon be closing all of its stores. Coldwater Creek was honored by Chain Store Age in 1997 … Continue reading →

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