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Netflix's BIG Comeback

bermanevansretail wrote 1 week ago: Not long ago, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was widely criticized for the way in which he decided to sep … more →

Tags: online retailing, 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, social media and retailing, Technology in Retailing

McDonald's: Customer Service Issues

bermanevansretail wrote 2 weeks ago: As we reported recently, McDonald’s has been working hard to stimulate sales growth. However, … more →

Tags: global retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together, social media and retailing, Video Clips (non-career), experiential retailing

Eat Fresh at Subway

bermanevansretail wrote 2 weeks ago: Subway has become a global fast-food phenomenon — with more than 37,000 locations worldwide. A … more →

Tags: Career Useful Information, Careers in Retailing, 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

Multi-Channel Trends 1 comment

bermanevansretail wrote 3 weeks ago: As we have frequently blogged (see this post, for example), multi-channel retailing is the wave of t … more →

Tags: online retailing, 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, Technology in Retailing, experiential retailing, technology

Business Intelligence Comes to the Fore at Loehmann's

bermanevansretail wrote 3 weeks ago: Business intelligence is important for retailers of all sizes and types. This point is driven home b … more →

Tags: Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Technology in Retailing, technology, Planning, Shopping, Information, customer expectations, opportunity

Inc.'s List of the Most Audacious Entrepreneurs

bermanevansretail wrote 3 weeks ago: Being a successful entrepreneur is tough — and it requires a lot of hard work and persistence. … more →

Tags: Careers in Retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Career Useful Information, experiential retailing, entrepreneur, Planning

Food Retailing in Latin America

bermanevansretail wrote 4 weeks ago: In Latin America, consumers have a distinctive shopping pattern for food items. According to a recen … more →

Tags: global retailing, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, experiential retailing, infographic, Multichannel, Global, Shopping

Tesco Exits the United States

bermanevansretail wrote 4 weeks ago: British firm Tesco is one of the largest and most popular retailers in the world. Nonetheless, after … more →

Tags: global retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Global, customer expectations, Tesco, Wal-Mart

What Are the Traits of Good Employees?

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: As we’ve reported before, it is imperative for companies to have good, customer-oriented emplo … more →

Tags: Careers in Retailing, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Career Useful Information, experiential retailing, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, entrepreneur, Career

This Is Not a Surprise: Ron Johnson Out as J.C. Penney CEO

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: J.C. Penney has had trouble for quite a while. So, it went way out on a limb; and in late 2011, it h … more →

Tags: 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, Trust, Shopping, Merchandising, customer expectations

Belcampo: A Unique, New, Channel-Integrated Business

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: Belcampo is an interesting new company that owns and manages farms in California, Belize, and Urugua … more →

Tags: global retailing, 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, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Video Clips (non-career), Retail Executive Interviews, Global

Even for Wal-Mart, Cost Cutting Has Its Limits

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer prides itself on its cost efficiencies and the resultin … more →

Tags: Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Customer Service, Shopping, Retail analytics, Merchandising, customer expectations, Inventory management

Valuing Employees Through Good Pay1 comment

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: Paying low wages to retail employees may keep costs down. But that does not mean this is necessarily … more →

Tags: Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Planning, Trust, good behavior, Success!, Strategy, Competition, costco, employee loyalty

Cabela's Multi-Channel Approach

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: Cabela’s is one of the foremost multi-channel outdoor outfitters in the world — with mai … more →

Tags: 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, Part 8: Putting It All Together, experiential retailing

Larger Retailers Having Trouble in India

bermanevansretail wrote 1 month ago: As the world’s second-largest market in the world, India has been attracting a number of forei … more →

Tags: 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, small stores

Enduring Business Principles

bermanevansretail wrote 2 months ago: As Jeff Haden says: “Some business principles come and go. Fortunately, there are some busines … more →

Tags: Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 8: Putting It All Together, entrepreneur, Planning, Retail analytics, Information, customer expectations, opportunity, Tips

A Hotel Company from Ikea? Ja

bermanevansretail wrote 2 months ago: Sweden’s Ikea is known around the world for its chain of stores selling inexpensive furniture. … more →

Tags: global retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together, experiential retailing, Multichannel

Not a Marriage Made in Heaven: When Class Meets Mass

bermanevansretail wrote 2 months ago: Neiman Marcus is a leading higher-end retail chain that offers “upscale assortments of apparel … more →

Tags: 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, experiential retailing, Multichannel

Auntie Anne's Pretzels: Not Made in China

bermanevansretail wrote 2 months ago: Auntie Annie’s was founded in 1988. Now, twenty-five years later, it sells Auntie Anne’s Pretz … more →

Tags: 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, Global


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