Category Archives: Part 7: Communicating with the Customer

This sub-category encompasses establishing and maintaining a retail image, and promotional strategy.

What’s Ahead for Retailers in 2014? A Compilation of Forecasts

Now that we are at the start of 2014, many predictions about the coming year for retailers have been published. Here is a compendium of some of the more interesting forecasts to look at: “15 Retail Experts Share Predictions for … Continue reading

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Personalization in 2014

For many years, retailers viewed personalization as the personal interaction between store employees and customers. Then, more recently, personalization for online retailers was exemplified by interactivity and mass customization. So, what is the next frontier for personalization? Consider these observations … Continue reading

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Retailing: From A to Z — The Most Popular Posts of 2013

Thanks so much for stopping by this blog. We hope you have enjoyed it — and learned a thing or two 🙂 As our year-end recap, here the top ten most popular posts at Retailing: From A to Z by … Continue reading

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