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 Becoming More Aggressive in Reducing Security Breeches

As we all know, data theft and security breeches are a huge problem for both large and small retailers (click here, for example). After the spate of recent incidents, retailers and credit card companies in the United States seem ready now … Continue reading →

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A Nice Slideshow on the Future of Retailing

The slideshow below is from  Ross Dawson‘s keynote speech at Congreso Internacional de Retail in Lima Peru. Dawson is a futurist and strategy advisor at AHT.    

Posted in 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, Technology in Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Leaders in Digital Shopper Marketing

Via Shopper Marketing, Path to Purchase Institute has published its second annual report on “Who’s Who in Digital Shopper Marketing:” “Here is our list of brand and retail executives who are making notable contributions in the areas of digital shopper marketing, … Continue reading →

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