Category Archives: Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing

This sub-category encompasses developing and implementing merchandise plans, financial merchandise management, and pricing in retailing.

Retailers Must Respond to the Shopping Needs of the Senior Market

Retailers beware! Seniors not only buy different goods and services than shoppers of other generations, they also shop differently. Consider these observations — and the chart below — from Nielsen: “We’re all getting older, but we’re also living longer. And … Continue reading →

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Will People Be Attracted to “Shop Your Way” at Sears?

For quite some time now, Sears and sister retailer Kmart have significantly lagged the retail industry in performance. We even did a post on the problems with a photo montage. Now, Sears has decided to incentivize customers in a rather … Continue reading →

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Dealing with an Ominchannel Shopping Experience

Understanding the consumer’s new path to purchase, which often often requires a very coordinated in omnichannel experience, is important for virtually every firm. As such, a recent article from McKinsey’s Edwin van Bommel, David Edelman, and Kelly Ungerman gives some … Continue reading →

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