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.

Amazon: The Best in Efficient Shipping

We have noted several times before that Amazon is quite an innovative company. And it is especially adept at developing and using new technology to facilitate its distribution network.  As Matt McFarland recently reported for CNN Money:  “By the time … Continue reading

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A New UPS Report: Complexities of Online Retailing

  On a regular basis, shipping giant UPS publishes reports on the “UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™.” Its 2016 report deals with the tech-savvy shoppers who are transforming the retail landscape: “While E-commerce offers new, unparalleled opportunities for accelerated … Continue reading

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Knowledgeable Holiday Shoppers Are Smart Shoppers

Yes, Black Friday WEEK is finally here — after weeks of being bombarded by holiday shopping ads. This post has two goals: (1) To alert you to the possible deceptions this week and (2) to again present our THIRTY-FIVE holiday … Continue reading

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