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Tesco Exits the United States
British firm Tesco is one of the largest and most popular retailers in the world. Nonetheless, after a much publicized, highly anticipated, and rather recent entry into the United States marketplace, Tesco has decided to leave the U.S. As reported … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 8: Putting It All Together
Tagged Carrefour, competition, customer expectations, failure, financial performance, Fresh & Easy, global, Great Britain, Tesco, United States, Wal-Mart
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This Is Not a Surprise: Ron Johnson Out as J.C. Penney CEO
J.C. Penney has had trouble for quite a while. So, it went way out on a limb; and in late 2011, it hired Ron Johnson, the person who had designed and overseen the highly popular Apple Store chain. But Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in Part 1: Overview/Planning, 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
Tagged CEO, competition, customer expectations, failure, financial performance, J.C. Penney, merchandising, Myron Ullman, ouster, Ron Johnson, shopping, strategy, trust
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A Graphical Look at the Apple Store’s Peformance
As we know, Apple’s store division has been on an incredible roll (see this post, for example). So, how are these stores doing across several financial dimensions? Recently, Horace Dediu compiled data on the Apple Store group and charted performance … Continue reading
Posted in Global 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, Part 8: Putting It All Together
Tagged Apple, Apple Store, customer expectations, customer loyalty, customer service, experiential retailing, financial performance, online shopping, planning, retail analytics, shopping, strategy, success, trends
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