Rustom Kazak 8/30/13 English 12A/ EWRC Timed Write #1 In today’s competitive retail environment‚ methods of “capturing consumers awareness of your brand” have drastically changed to become almost illegal. Retailers are now defending the practice of only hiring good looking workers to portray a certain image they think their customers are looking for. Some of these companies are skirting the edges of antidiscrimination laws and provoking a wave of private and government lawsuits. Hiring people
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CONVERSION OF FOOTFALLS IN RETAIL STORES” Abu Bashar‚ Assistant Professor‚ Brown Hills College of Engg & Tech.‚ Faridabad‚ Haryana‚ INDIA ABSTRACT In this research paper efforts have been made to explore various factors which affect the behavior of consumers in a retail outlet. A random sample of respondents visiting retail outlets has been considered for the present study. The paper mainly focuses towards various factors which affects the decision of the consumer in the store while they visit there
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: - PLANT LAYOUT The assignment summarises what is a plant layout‚ main objectives for designing a good plant layout‚ the various types of plant layouts‚ advantages and disadvantages of the respective layouts‚ what are various techniques used to design a plant layout‚ and importance of layout in every sector of business‚ be it manufacturing or services. All this is well explained with live examples from various industries depicting the relevance of each layout. FORD’S PLANT There
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The impact of online apparel stores on in-store shopping: A complement rather than a substitute Abstract Due to the fast development of the Internet and the growing popularity of online shopping‚ some argue that the online shopping will substitute store shopping ultimately. For some products such as books and tickets‚ that might be true‚ however‚ for product like apparel - a kind of high-risk and hedonistic product‚ it is not the case. This essay demonstrates why it is
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Eng. Opt.‚ 2002‚ Vol. 34(5)‚ pp. 461–484 ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT DESIGN OPTIMIZATION JEREMY J. MICHALEKa‚*‚ RUCHI CHOUDHARYb and PANOS Y. PAPALAMBROSa a Optimal Design Laboratory‚ Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ Michigan 48109-2125‚ USA; bCollege of Architecture and Urban Planning‚ University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ Michigan 48109-2125‚ USA (Received 28 August 2001; In final form 26 February 2002) This article presents an optimization model of the
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and executives can be found at the end of this article The influence of brand recognition on retail store image Stephen S. Porter and Cindy Claycomb A well-recognized and accepted brand image is one of the most valuable assets a firm possesses. Brand managers and manufacturers are concerned with managing brand equity and capitalizing on the value of a brand image (Aaker‚ 1991). A product or retail establishment has many associations which combine to form its total impression. Few would argue
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“Retailing characteristics of fast food stores and their impact on customer sales and satisfaction” By:- Rajul Bhardwaj Lecturer‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Gurukul Kangri University‚ Haridwar(Uttarakhand)‚ India Table Of Contents:- Chap-1 Introduction 1.1 Global Retailing Industry..…………………… 1.2 The Far East Experience..…………………… 1.3 The Changing Food Retailing sector in Asia.. 1.4 Recognition of a Problem……………………… 1.5 Objectives of
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Plant Layout: Plant layout is placing of the right equipment coupled with right method in the right place to permit the processing of a product in the most effective manner through the shortest possible distance and shortest possible time. A Plant Layout involves: 1. Planning and arranging manufacturing machinery‚ equipment and services for the first time in new plants; 2. Te improvement in layouts already in use in order to introduce new methods and improvements in the manufacturing
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FDI will surely boost the Indian market by enhancing both customers and retailers condition in the Indian market‚ but there is some doubts related with small medium enterprises. How they will be going to adopt it? one thing’s for sure that if the FDI got involvement in multi retail sector‚ customers will be having more options and the quality and quantity of the products will also be improved. They have the more variety now‚ thus customer will be satisfied. Moreover farmers will also enjoy their
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THE INDUSTRY AS WHOLE The Indian retail industry is now beginning to evolve in the line with the transformation that has swept other large economies. The liberalization of the consumer goods industry initiated in the mid-80 and accelerated through the 90’s has begun to impact the structure and conduct of the retail industry. The concept retail which includes the shopkeeper to customer interaction‚ has taken many forms and dimensions‚ from the traditional retail outlet and street local market shops
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