RSS feed
Categories
Retail Management Supplements
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Twitter Updates
- RT @amelen: Meeker’s #2019 #Internet Trends report tcrn.ch/2WCVg9L 9 months ago
- RT @takecareofUUU: Being Kind is not a 1 Time thing. It should be Endless. Someone could use a little Kindness right now. Spread Hope. Spre… 9 months ago
- RT @LollyDaskal: HOW GREAT LEADERS THINK DIFFERENTLY: They include others They focus on solutions They cultivate teamwork They simp… 9 months ago
Tag Archives: Wal-Mart
This Ad Is from Sam’s Club, Yes Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club (a part of Wal-Mart Inc.) is the second-largest membership warehouse club in the United States, after Costco. It has annual revenues of nearly $60 billion, more 650 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, and has 47+ million … Continue reading
Posted in Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Social Media and Retailing, Video Clips (non-career)
Tagged advertising, customer expectations, experiential retailing, humor, Members Mark, multichannel, promotion, Sam's Club, social media, video, Wal-Mart
1 Comment
How Good Are Walmart’s Debt Ratios? Very!!
For a while now, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s financial performance across several measures, especially in the United States, has not been up to the expectations of stock analysts — or the retailer’s own senior executives. Consider these recent headlines: “Walmart Slashes … Continue reading
Wal-Mart No Longer in the Express Lane
Wal-Mart’s store brands include Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, and Neighborhood Market. Until recently, the firm had high hopes for its Wal-Mart Express stores. Now, the world’s largest retailer has decided to abandon this concept and close those stores. So, what happened? … Continue reading
Posted in 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 competition, customer expectations, Express, failure, merchandising, multichannel, Neighborhood Market, Sam's Club, store closings, Wal-Mart
2 Comments
Wal-Mart Finally Getting Social Media — Big Time!
Wal-Mart has really stepped up its online and social media activities this holiday season. Its TV ads and social media efforts have been focused around a singing Craig Robinson (who is an actor, comedian, and singer). Here are some examples, with their … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Again Presses Its Suppliers
As by far the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart is a key reseller for many suppliers around the globe. However, many potential suppliers have a tough time meeting Wal-Mart’s requirements and the reduced profit margins requested of the suppliers. The retailer … Continue reading
Where Consumers Shop by Age
Among popular retail chains, where are people most likely to shop by age category? InfoScout recently conducted research on this subject. As reported by Jack Neff for Advertising Age, there were some unexpected results: ” What’s the hottest big retailer with … Continue reading
Posted in Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer
Tagged competition, customer expectations, Millennial, multichannel, opportunity, planning, segmentation, trends, Wal-Mart
2 Comments
Wal-Mart Improving Its Working Environment
The often-criticized Wal-Mart is launching a number of initiatives to improve employee working conditions and morale — in addition to its recently announced wage increases for lower-paid workers. As Tom Ryan reports for RetailWire: “Beyond its widely covered wage increases, Wal-Mart … Continue reading
Posted in Career Useful Information, Careers in Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business
Tagged employee satisfaction, morale, operations, planning, RetailWire, trends, trust, Wal-Mart, working conditions
2 Comments
