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.

Seating for 5,000? West Lake Restaurant in China

For those of us accustomed to dining out in a typically sized restaurant, seating for 250 or 500 people may make a restaurant seem massive. So, how about these statistics for the West Lake Chinese Restaurant in Changsha, China? The … Continue reading

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Never on Sunday: Will This Be Changing in France?

In the United States, many cannot remember that Sunday “blue laws” — whereby retail businesses were not allowed to open — were the rule rather than the exception. Today, in most communities, a large number of stores are open seven … Continue reading

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An Interesting Slideshow on Starbucks

Check out this insightful slideshow on Starbucks from Distilled, a creative online marketing company. Click on the image to see the slideshow.    

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