Retailing Essays

E selling and E-marketing these days is ever changing, always dynamic. Technology is advancing faster than we can think. As every day more and more consumers decide to do their shopping from home, whether it be groceries, personal items, or toys, web sites are changing significantly in order to meet …

In this study, an organisational culture refers to the four categories of culture; clan, market, adhocracy and hierarchy relate to organizational effectiveness. It is whether the organization is internally or externally focused on customer satisfaction. It is very important so that when organisation has an ability to adapt various cultures, …

ShopKo and Pamida: Systems Triumph or Tragedy? ShopKo, a general merchandise retail chain headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has about 140 stores in 15 states and had sales of $3.5 billion in 2001. Traditionally companies that sell apparel have four product cycles a year, one for each of the seasons. …

Executive Summary Urban Outfitters Inc. is a pioneering “lifestyle merchandising company” that operates specialty retail stores under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People brands. It was founded in 1970, near the University of Pennsylvania. It is a high end apparel and furniture manufacturer in the highly fragmented apparel industry. …

No business can operate in isolation. All businesses operate in the wider business environment, which is described as ‘the external context in which organisations find themselves undertaking their activities’ [ (Capon, 2000, p. 8) ]. This essay will use the stakeholder model to examine the external factors effecting Asda Wal-Mart. …

Big bazaar is the largest hypermarket chain in India. Big Bazaar is owned by Future group. Future group is led by Mr Kishore Biyani. Big Bazaar was started in 2001. Big bazaar has total 292 stores in 93 cities,60 rural locations, 22 central stores and over 170,000 products under one …

The top 3 candidates will be Max Renoir, Thomas Reznor and James Heckman based on using the Compensatory Model. When looking at these 3 candidates they are the strongest in the unit weight with 70, 73 and 76 respectively and rational weight with 67.5, 69 and 76 respectively. Reznor and …

1.Executive summary Globalization has brought a lot of challenges to international retail businesses. Retail clothing companies entering global markets face multiple challenges related to infrastructure, logistics operations,outsourcing of transport services, supply chain flexibility and visibility of products. As the competition among businesses is growing, companies are focusing more towards logistics …

Professor Frédéric Brunel, with the assistance of Deborah Utter, wrote this case solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Ivey …

Introduction La Senza Corporation owns and operates lingerie retail stores in Canada and internationally. It offers bras, panties, loungewear, hosiery, and body care products; and beauty products and accessories, including lotions, creams and body washes, lip glosses, bra accessories, naughty accessories, booties, cosmetic bags, gift sets and boxes, and phone …