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 across the US‚ Europe‚ South Africa‚ Australia and Latin America. Second‚ it emphasizes decision making based on complex analyses of consumer data‚ scanner data and market level syndicated data. Third‚ category management replaces the brand
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Technology Advances in Retail: Improving Margins using Wireless Networks Introduction The retail industry is one that lives and dies on margins‚ with managers on a never-ending quest to increase revenue and decrease costs. Technology has been an area of intense focus in retail industries as a way to accomplish both goals. Improvements have been made in areas such as supply chain management‚ inventory management‚ customer experience‚ and loss prevention. Wireless technology‚ permitting communication
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Travel Retail Analysis The Travel Retail industry can be defined as the sale of services and products trough channels such as airport stores‚ airlines‚ cruise lines‚ downtown duty free stores or any other related to travel environment. Even tough these retail stores have to pay for concession fees; they are exempt from the payment of certain taxes that make the product very attractive to the final customer. I believe the Travel Retail is very susceptible to the economic variations and
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Corporate Retail Strategies and Management Group 2 CASE SUMMARY Name of the organization: Megamart Location : Kalamaserry Date of visit : 20/10/2013 Source of information from organization : Store Manager Snap shot of the case Megamart. Megamart‚ from the house of Arvind‚ is a pioneer of the value- retailing concept in India‚ arrived on the scene way back in 1994‚ and changed the rules of the retailing business in India. Today Megamart is the largest player in this segment
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PAPER TITLE: EMERGENCE OF E-RETAIL INTRODUCTION: The importance of the Internet as a marketplace has substantially grown over the past decade‚ even though expectations have been dramatically tempered since early 2000. A distinctive feature of doing business electronically is that transactions no longer require the physical coordination of buyers and sellers: market participants find each other at their screens. There are many aspects of market interaction which are affected by this online
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ADVANTAGE: FDI IN RETAIL (Anshu Meghe) Recently the most debated topic in India has been government allowing FDI in the Indian economy. It is one of the most critical reforms taking place in Indian economy post the great reform period of 1991. From vendors to politician everyone is talking about FDI‚ and many are just prattling without acquiring the full knowledge of the reforms. Not only the opposition but even some of the allies of the ruling party are raising hue and cry over the new policy
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costs. The ongoing changes occuring in society create an uncertain environment and have an impact on the fuction of the whole organization. Therefore PEST analysis is a useful tool for understanding the ’big picture’ of the environment in which Home Retail Group operates‚ and the opportunities and threats that lie with it. By doing this and looking at the outcome‚ we can take advantage of the oppurtunities and minimize the threats. Since the company is offering every type of product from garden tools
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Retailing is the process that involves of selling goods or services directly to end consumer for personal‚ non business use (Kotler‚ 2010). A retailer or retail store is an enterprise where they make volume majorly from retailing. Any firm selling its goods or services to the end consumers- whether it is manufacturer‚ wholesaler‚ or retailer- is said to be retailing. It doesn’t matter how the goods or services are sold (may be by person‚ through mail‚ telephone) or where (from
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BSM 302 PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING ASSIGNMENT 4 CLASSIFICATION OF RETAIL OPERATIONS ____________________________________________________________ ____ CLASSIFICATION OF RETAIL OPERATIONS OWNERSHIP Retailers can be broadly classified by form of ownership; independent‚ part of chain‚ or franchise outlet. Retailers owned by a single person or partnership and not operated as part of a larger retail institution are independent retailers. Around the world‚ most retailers are independent‚
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Standards of a Retail Store Working in a retail store takes a lot of organization and great customer-employee relation. For that reason‚ we have rules and policies. To have a good customer service a retail store needs a floor plan. At American Eagle we have three different areas‚ the sales floor‚ the fitting room area‚ and the register area. The first area is the sales floor. The sales floor is the most important area. Because it is the time we create the relation between the customer and de employee
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