Category Archives: Part 8: Putting It All Together

This sub-category encompasses introlling and controlling the retail 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

Posted in Global Retailing, 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

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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Amazon and eBay: Retail Killers Or Fighting for the 6 Percent?

Clearly, Amazon.com and eBay are major — and aggressive — price-oriented online retailers. And yes, they have clobbered some store retailers’ profit margins and driven many store retailers out of business. And yes, they are competing with each other as … Continue reading

Posted in Online Retailing, 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 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments