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Tag Archives: Best Buy
Best Buy’s Comeback: Real Or a Mirage?
Finally, some really good retail news! Yesterday, Best Buy’s stock set an all-time high. What does that signify — a long-term comeback for Best Buy or a short-term mirage? Let’s begin with some background. As with many mostly store-driven retailers, … Continue reading
Posted in Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, 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 Best Buy, comeback, multichannel, planning, trends
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Home Depot and Others: The Evolving Everything Stores
Amazon is not the only firm with a huge product mix. Wal-Mart, Target, and others have also expanded their assortments to attract one-stop shoppers. This is one way for retailers to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Now comes the … Continue reading
Posted in 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
Tagged Amazon, assortment, Best Buy, customer expectations, Home Depot, merchandising, one-stop shopping, Staples, Target, trends, Wal-Mart
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Tough Sledding for Retailers in China
China may have the world’s largest consumer base, but it is also a difficult place for foreign retailers to thrive. Here’s more evidence of this situation. According to Anil Gupta and Haiyan Wang, writing for Businessweek: “Tesco’s recent decision to … Continue reading
How Well Are Multichannel Retailers Performing?
As more and more retailers operate as bricks-and-clicks firms by offering physical stores and online shopping to their customers, it is important that those retailers assess how well each operation is doing. Through its research, Harris Interactive has found some … Continue reading
Posted in Online Retailing, 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
Tagged Amazon.com, Best Buy, competition, customer expectations, customer service, EquiTrend, experiential retailing, Harris Interactive, inventory management, location, merchandising, multichannel, Office Depot, online shopping, retail analytics, retail positioning, segmentation, store branding, Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens
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Is Price Matching Working — Or a Work in Progress?
As we have noted before, some store-based retailers, such as Target and Best Buy, have stepped up their price-matching efforts in an attempt to fend off customer defections to online competitors. But this approach has it downsides, too. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Online Retailing, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Video Clips (non-career)
Tagged Best Buy, competition, customer expectations, customer loyalty, experiential retailing, inventory management, location, matching, merchandising, multichannel, online shopping, price, pricing, Target, Toys "R" Us, video
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The Most Attractive U.S. Retail Employers: The Results of a Universum Student Survey
Each year, Universum presents the results of its “Ideal Student Employer Survey in the U.S.” The most recent survey included thousands of undergraduate and graduate student respondents. These are among the most highly-rated retail firms. Click the icons to access … Continue reading
Posted in Career Useful Information, Careers in Retailing
Tagged Amazon, best, Best Buy, career, Coach, Dick's, Gap, Groupon, Ikea, job, Kohl's, Macy's, opportunity, Starbucks, Target, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney
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