OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY * Understanding retail staff in terms of knowledge‚ skill‚ attributes * design exercise for testing competencies * Defining the factors for success in jobs (i.e.‚ work) and work roles within the organization * Assessing the current performance and future development needs of persons holding jobs and roles REASON TO CHOOSE THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC: Over the past 10 years‚ human resource and organizational development professionals have generated a lot of interest
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Revolutionizing the Retail Sector The Digipos (http://bit.ly/MOWvG1) Website states‚ “We design‚ develop and manufacture our own range of systems that are engineered to meet the challenging and constantly changing demands of a retail environment. Using the latest technologies‚ we deliver positive‚ cost-effective solutions in compact‚ high performance‚ reliable‚ and energy saving technologies. Our systems are used by leading retailers around the world.” In 2004‚ DigiPos launched the DigiPos Retail Blade system
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Consumer choice: Do I really want this? Can I afford it? Is there something better? Price: How much is it?This is usually one of the first things you want to know. If the price of a good is more than you can afford‚ you will probably not buy it. Consumers want the best value for their money: that is‚ they want to pay the lowest price for the best quality. Price is one of the main factors affecting consumer decisions. Age: As a baby‚ you most probably wanted a toy or rattle. Now you are a teenager
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Ethics and the Consumer Introduction The objective of this paper is to identify and analyse the policies specified by government and organisations for the protection of consumer interests and the role of ethics in consumer choice. It also analyses the role of ethics in consumer culture and give examples of how the service sector reacts to it. The aim of this paper is to understand the movement for ethical consumption and reflect on its scope on the constitution of a new consumer culture‚ and
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Consumer Behaviour: CHAPTER 1 Consumer behaviour and marketing strategy: * market segmentation * positioning strategy * new market applications * global marketing * marketing mix * consumerism‚ ethics and non profit marketing Consumer behaviour is product person situation specific * product specific * person individual * situation Consumer behaviour * a discipline dealing with how and why consumers purchase (or don’t purchase) products and services
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PIGGLY WIGGLY : A SUPERMARKET FRANCHISING GIANT PIGGLY WIGGLY (WWW.PIGGLYWIGGLY.COM) is a franchisor with over 6000 supermarket units that span the southern states from Louisiana to north Carolina. In addition‚ Piggly Wiggly franchises about 20 stores in Wisconsin that are owned and operated by fresh brands (www.freshbrands.com) ‚ a wholesalers that uses the fresh brands name. Any independent supermarket can become a Piggly Wiggly franchisee by signing a franchise agreement and paying a percentage
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Merchandise management is the analysis‚ planning‚ acquisition‚ handling‚ and control of the merchandise investments of a retail operation. Exhibit 9.1 illustrates the major steps in the merchandise management process. 1. Analysis is used in the definition because retailers must be able to correctly identify their customers before they can determine the needs and wants of their consumers. 2. Planning is included because retailers must often purchase their merchandise six to 12 months in advance of
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the company position and advertise the product to (i) Generation- X Consumers (ii) Affluent’ baby boomers. Q4. (a): Are there any circumstances in which information from advertisement likely to be more influential than word of mouth? Q4. (b) Find two ads that depict two different defence mechanisms and discuss their effectiveness. Q5. (a) How can marketers use measures of recognition and recall to study the extent of consumer learning? Q5. (b) What is market Segmentation? How is the practice
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Consumer Survey A few questions about the snack you eat 1) Are you a regular consumer of packaged snacks of brands like Frito Lays‚ Kurkure‚ Haldiram‚ Pringles‚ Bingo etc? 2)Please indicate your sex. Male Female 3 Of the following‚ which is your most preferred brand of packaged salted snacks? Frito Lays Bingo mad angles Haldiram Namkin Cheetos Kurkure Pringles Other‚ please specify 4 What is it that makes you prefer a particular brand? Brand Name Variants offered Price Anything
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firm attempts to study and understand the consumer behavior due to businesses stay in business by attracting and retaining customers (Arnold‚ Price & Zinkhan‚ 2002). That means only gaining a comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior can meet the firm¡¯s marketing goals. According to Solomon (1999)‚ most marketers now recognize that consumer behavior is an ongoing process; decision making unit plays an important role in this process. As the basic consumer decision-making unit‚ family are most
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