contribute to rising gasoline prices. The major cause for increasing gasoline prices has to do with refining capacity. Even if oil were inexpensive‚ we would still have a problem converting it into the gas that fuels our economy. That is what keeps the gas prices high. When gas supplies are short‚ due to an “inability to refine crude oil into gas efficiently‚” prices increase. This is a component of supply and demand economics. In a positive aspect‚ rising gasoline prices do serve a purpose; they
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CRM in Indian retail sector K. Sarada madhavi ABSTRACT 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. It is one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries with several players entering the market. The growing middle class‚ who has a substantial disposal income in hand‚ constitutes the largest shoppers ’ segment in India. Its consumer behaviour
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Technology and its impact on Retail stores The owner of a top retailer wants to see which merchandise is selling which isn’t‚ or maybe the owner wants to know their overall margin costs in relationship in to which products on their shelves are more profitable then the others. In the not so distant past these types of reports would have required a lot of people‚ processing large amounts of data‚ and requiring lengthy delays in the results from weeks to even months. In the end‚ by the time
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Fall of SUBHIKSHA Retail Subhiksha with a pioneering approach and giving new definitions to the retailing ventured into the Indian retail industry. Since‚ their predecessors are already existed and doing well in the market‚ they had to come up with an innovative approach to compete with them. They have made an extensive research on customer behavior and found that offering the branded goods at a lower price than their competitors could make them stand in the competitive retail industry. In
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MIDTERM #1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. You purchase one September 50 put contract for a put premium of $2. What is the maximum profit that you could gain from this strategy? A. $4‚800 B. $200 C. $5‚000 D. $5‚200 E. None of these is correct The following price quotations on IBM were taken from the Wall Street 2. Journal. The premium on one IBM February 90 call contract is A. $4.1250 B. $418.00 C. $412.50 D. $158.00 E. None of
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FUNCTIONS OF RETAIL MANAGEMENT When attempting to start a business‚ having a keen understanding of the goals of management through the main four management functions is one key to seeing success‚ both with the operation and with employees. With this said‚ a vital part of planning of the management end will involve three important activities. The first stage‚ "planning involves developing a systematic process for attaining the goals of the organization...Leaders make change happen through planning
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Assignment Eco 101 1. a) Briefly explain the factors that determine the price elasticities of demand and supply. b) The accompanying table presents the prices and associated demand quantities of ready-made garments of Bangladesh at different world incomes. Price of RMG Quantity demanded when Quantity demanded when world GDP is $ 65 trillion world GDP is $ 70 trillion $10 500‚000 800
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supports the "fast fashion" model. Zara‚ Spanish clothing with retail chain throughout the world is probably the world’s fastest growing retailer with almost a thousand stores. Zara has it own unique business model that enabled Zara to be compete with its competitors‚ and it’s driven by Zara’s "fast fashion" with its vertically integrated supply chain. Vertically integrated supply chain allowed Zara to successfully build up a strong retail chain combine with the forces of fast fashion. Vertically integrated
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The case highlights the emergence and evolution of PRIL from a small garment manufacturer to the #1 retailer in India by the early 21st century. It examines the evolution and growth of PRIL until the mid 1990s‚ and then traces the rationale behind the launch of its first retail format Pantaloons‚ a family departmental store. It discusses in detail the marketing and promotional efforts undertaken by PRIL for Pantaloons‚ which made the store one of the most successful lifestyle stores in India in the
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which may have obstructed a greater understanding of consumer needs and opportunities We start this article by understanding the concept of category management and then look at the reasons for the emergence of the concept and finally‚ at the business process in which it occurs. The Concept of Category Management: Category management is considered as the new science of retailing for three basic reasons. First‚ it involves a systematic process that has been shown to be robust in various retail situations
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