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.

Better Understanding the Consumer’s Path to Purchase

We know that consumers shop differently for various goods and services. But we can always learn more. Millward Brown Digital recently produced a report entitled “Demystifying the Consumer Journey?” A free download is available with a simple login. The chart … Continue reading

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Our Six-Part Series on Retail Pricing Tips

Recently, we published a six-part series on retail pricing practices and offered several tips. Here, in one place ( πŸ™‚ ), are links to each part of the series: Pricing & Small Retailers: Questions to Consider – PartΒ 1 Pricing & … Continue reading

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Do You Really Want to Be a Walmart Supplier?

Getting Walmart as a customer can generate a huge amount of revenues for a supplier, even a small one. But beware — what Walmart giveth, it can also taketh away!! Consider these observations from one expert: “Les McKeown, the Founder, … Continue reading

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