Category Archives: Part 8: Putting It All Together

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

Cross-Channel Retailing: A Special Report

Click the image below to access a new report on the multiple touchpoints involved with retailing today. This is a topic about which one can never learn enough! As the report notes: “The terms multi-channel, cross-channel, and omni-channel are used … Continue reading

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Globally, How Important Is Price in Grocery Purchases?

Nielsen recently conducted a major study of consumer grocery shopping behavior and attitudes in 56 countries around the world. The Nielsen online survey provides “insights into how 16 various factors have impacted grocery purchases in the last year. Manufacturers and … Continue reading

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Best Buy’s Interesting Choice of a New CEO

Best Buy has recently been weathering quite a storm. It is struggling financially and facing intense competition from Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and many others. Things got so bad that the company’s founder, Richard Schulze, made a hostile bid — which did … Continue reading

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