Tag Archives: merchandising

Online Versus Store Preferences (Attitudes)

How do shoppers feel about online versus store shopping? This infographic from Lab42 gives some good insights. Linked to Mashable

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Evolving Shopping Patterns for Electronics

According to eMarketer: “Many consumer electronics retailers and manufacturers are struggling. A new  eMarketer report, ‘Consumer Electronics: The Path to Purchase, Reinvented,’ finds that their traditional products face significant disruption from the  ascent of smartphones and tablets, both of which … Continue reading

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Benchmarking: It’s Essential to Compare Performance by Store Category

As we noted in May, the Retail Owners Institute provides a number of measures of financial peformance for 55 different sectors of retailing. Here is why this topic is so important: “How can these benchmark numbers be used? First, for perspective.  … Continue reading

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