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.

Dealing with the Age of Disruption

Posted on May 28, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Consulting firm PWC calls this retail era “the age of disruption.” And PWC has done a lot of research to determine the characteristics of this era, their implications, and how to deal with them. Recently, PWC completed a major survey of … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Retailing, Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Social Media and Retailing, Technology in Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Using Supply Chain Optimization to Grow

Posted on May 27, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Managing the entire supply chain, from the acquisition of merchandise to the sale and delivery to final consumers, has always been a challenge for retailers. This is even more true today than in the past — given the multiple selling … Continue reading →

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Fitting Rooms Go Digital

Posted on May 12, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As we have reported before (see, for example, 1, 2, 3), many retailers have hopped on the digital revolution. Now, we are even seeing digital fitting rooms. Niki Blasina reports for the Wall Street Journal that some retailers are deploying “video … Continue reading →

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