Category Archives: Part 8: Putting It All Together

This sub-category encompasses introlling and controlling the retail strategy.

More Senior Women Executives Emerging in Retailing

After a very long period in which men have dominated the senior executive positions in retailing, more women have now ascended to top positions. As Laura Heller writes for FierceRetail: “Change has been slow to come to retail. And that is … Continue reading

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Mary Pacifico-Valley: A Great Career in Auto Retailing

Mary Pacifico-Valley is the owner of Denver-based Rickenbaugh Automotive Group. Pacifico-Valley worked her way up the ranks to her present position, and her company is hugely successful: “Rickenbaugh Cadillac Volvo in Denver, CO and Infiniti in Dacono treats the needs of … Continue reading

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A Valuable Site for Retail Startups

The Retail Startup is a Web site operated by the popular Retail Owners Institute (an organization we have referenced several times before — see, for example, 1, 2, 3): “The Retail Owners Institute has developed this site as a kind of … Continue reading

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