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Category Archives: Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing
Tesco Exits the United States
British firm Tesco is one of the largest and most popular retailers in the world. Nonetheless, after a much publicized, highly anticipated, and rather recent entry into the United States marketplace, Tesco has decided to leave the U.S. As reported … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 8: Putting It All Together
Tagged Carrefour, competition, customer expectations, failure, financial performance, Fresh & Easy, global, Great Britain, Tesco, United States, Wal-Mart
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A New Advance in Mobile Technology: Payment Processing
Jack Dorsey is best-known as the creator of Twitter. However, it is his most recent venture — Square, Inc. — that is impacting the payment-processing system in retailing. The firm is a mobile payment-processing provider. Here’s how Issie Lapowsky, writing for Inc. describes … Continue reading
Posted in Online Retailing, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing
Tagged Android, credit card, customer expectations, debit card, experiential retailing, global, iPad, iPhone, Jack Dorsey, merchandising, mobile media, multichannel, payment, pricing, Square, technology, trends
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The Changing Nature of South Korean Retailing
With 50 million people, South Korea represents a large retail marketplace. It is one that that is undergoing significant change. As reported by Evan Ramstad, writing for the Wall Street Journal: “The look of South Korean retailing, long a stranglehold … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Social Media and Retailing
Tagged customer expectations, customer loyalty, customer service, experiential retailing, global, multichannel, online shopping, shoppers, South Korea, trends
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