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.

Is the Store of the Future Already Here?

Posted on March 2, 2016 by bermanevansretail

With the rapid technological advances in the digital marketplace, the stores of today — and the stores of the near future — usually operate and look much different than the stores of just ten or fifteen years ago. As Retail … Continue reading →

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How Good Are Walmart’s Debt Ratios? Very!!

Posted on February 29, 2016 by bermanevansretail

For a while now, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s financial performance across several measures, especially in the United States, has not been up to the expectations of stock analysts — or the retailer’s own senior executives. Consider these recent headlines:  “Walmart Slashes … Continue reading →

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A New Samsung Store: With NO Products to Sell

Posted on February 25, 2016 by bermanevansretail

Over the years, Nike, Apple, Walt Disney, and many other firms have opened their own retail stores. Although one of these firms’ goals is to present a showcase of their products and thereby enhance their images, they all have sold … Continue reading →

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