1. What are some key success factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? Key drivers of customer purchases in diamond retailing include quality and range of products offered‚ reputation‚ professional advice offered‚ and customer perception and emotional bonds‚ including a positive buying experience and customer service. Success is also dependent upon obtaining economies of scale through such avenues as preferential access to resources‚ an
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RETAILING IN INDIA – EMERGING TRENDS & POTENTIALITIES Introduction: Retail is India’s largest industry‚ accounting for over 10 per cent of the country’s GDP and around eight per cent of the employment. Retail industry in India is at the crossroads. It has emerged as one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries with several players entering the market. Retailing in India is gradually inching its way toward becoming the next boom industry. The whole concept of shopping has altered in terms
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www.palgrave-journals.com/rpm PRACTICE PAPERS Decision support in online travel retailing B. Venkateshwara Raoà and Barry C. Smith Received (in revised form): 7th November‚ 2005 à Research Group‚ Sabre Holdings‚ 3150 Sabre Drive‚ MD 8203 HDQ‚ Southlake‚ TX 76092‚ USA Tel: þ 1 682 605 1721; Fax: þ 1 682 605 7690; E-mail: beju.rao@sabre.com B. Venkateshwara Rao is a Senior Principal in Research Group at Sabre Holdings. He develops customer behaviour‚ pricing‚ marketing‚ planning‚ and deal evaluation
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Internet retailing: the past‚ the present and the future Key Words: Internet retailing; Electronic commerce; Literature Review; Original Predictions; Current Trends; Future Directions Paper type – Literature Review Abstract Purpose – The primary aim of this paper is to critically review the literature that explicitly addresses the adoption‚ application and impact of Internet technologies‚ by retailers‚ for the promotion and sale of merchanidise. In particular‚ this study seeks to: 1) present
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What Matters Most in Internet Retailing Online retailing is far and away the fastest growing retail sector in the United States‚ with overall growth of about 15% in the past year and with categories such as apparel and footwear up by more.1 Internet retailing currently represents approximately 8% of U.S. retail sales‚ and in many countries it’s an even larger percentage. Forrester Research expects that from 2010 to 2015 online retail sales in China will more than triple‚ to about $160 billion.
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Online Marketing could Provide Competitive Advantages in the Grocery Retailing Industry “With household internet access continuing to increase‚ the customer base for online grocery shopping is widening‚ while other technological innovations such as the advent of smart phones is further benefiting the market” (Source: “Global Market Review of Online Grocery Retailing” report available at www.MarketResearch.com). The grocery retailing industry has many opportunities inherent in it for online marketing
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INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the 21st century‚ retailing has experienced a significant change due to the increase of competition strategies. This report will illustrate the traditional concept of retailing and introduce three new kinds of retail forms and combination’s that has emerged‚ which includes co-branding retailing‚ limited time only stores and retail entertainment in the global market. RETAILING Retail‚ in the traditional sense includes all the activities in selling goods or services
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INTRODUCTION COMPANIE’S BACKGROUND * Founded in 1952 by John Henry Hutchison * Headquartered in Richmond‚ Virginia * 350 popularly priced woman’s clothing stores * Manufacturers ship floor ready goods to distribution centers * All stores located within 400 miles of a distribution center * Hutch Fashions * Women’s fashion apparel chain * Trendy apparel selection * Complementary array of accessories * Typically require 4000 to 5000 Sq. ft.
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some of the potential food safety hazards when preparing‚ serving‚ clearing away and storing food and explain three of them in the table below. For each one‚ describe what food hygiene practices can be used to control these: Food safety hazard Food hygiene practices to control this Food safety hazard 1: Food that is not being stored at the correct temperature regularly check that fridges/freezers are running at the correct temperature. make sure that food is stored in the correct
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Chapter 32 – An Introduction to Animal Diversity All animals share a common ancestor‚ sponges are basal animals‚ eumetazoa is a clade of animals with true tissues‚ most animal phyla belong to the clade bilateria‚ and vertebrates and some other phyla belong Animals share a unique homeobox-containing family of genes‚ known as the Hox genes‚ suggesting that this gene family evolved in the eukaryote lineage that gave rise to animals. Hox genes play important roles in the development of animal embryos
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