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.

Foreign Retailers Increasing Their Asia Pacific Presence

This infographic posted at Visual.ly “illustrates the countries in Asia Pacific where global retailers have chosen to expand to and the reasons behind their decisions to do so.”  

Posted in Global Retailing, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Pricing in Action: Discount Wedding Dresses

Discount prices are still a major competitive advantage, even as global economies emerge from the Great Recession. One deep discounter is Bootleg Betty, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bootleg Betty reports that: According to a report published by The Knot in … Continue reading

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An In-Depth Overview of Multichannel Retailing Today

Most retailers today are engaged in some of multichannel retailing. It is one of THE trends of the recent and past as well as the future. So, we can never learn too much about the trends that multichannel retailing are … 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 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments