A Pragmatic Approach of Consumer Behaviour towards Organized Retail Outlets – A study of select cities

A Pragmatic Approach of Consumer Behaviour towards Organized Retail Outlets – A study of select cities

Author: Dr Reshma Nikhat

Publisher: Zenon Academic Publishing

Published: 2017-12-01

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9385886126

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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises; he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so. Mahatma Gandhi Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. And they give us feedback on the areas we have to improve and shows our weaknesses. According to Henry Ford It is the customer who pays the wages. And the more you engage with customers the clearer things become and the easier it is to determine what you should be doing. John Russell, President, Harley Davidson Retail is a customer business. You’re trying to take care of the customer—solve something for the customer. And A company’s survival depends not what they produce but how they sell and supply it to the final customers with ease ,Emerging strategies has to be adopted as it is a period of globalization ,by building the relationship and working as a unified team to know about the behavioral pattern of consumers in the decision making, the current scenario ,the service expectations of the customers and the marketing strategies to be adopted accordingly. Keeping this in mind this book is published which would become a guide to indispensable organized retail outlets. This book is the outcome of the efforts of few years of observation and study of the author detailing the various areas. The Author has made a sincere effort to cover the various parameters and make this book meaningful, understandable, easy and complete but even all areas might not have been covered and also the findings might be limited to few areas which cannot be generalized. Improvements and suggestions will be gratefully acknowledged.


Retailing in the 21st Century

Retailing in the 21st Century

Author: Manfred Krafft

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-12-17

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 3540720030

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With crisp and insightful contributions from 47 of the world’s leading experts in various facets of retailing, Retailing in the 21st Century offers in one book a compendium of state-of-the-art, cutting-edge knowledge to guide successful retailing in the new millennium. In our competitive world, retailing is an exciting, complex and critical sector of business in most developed as well as emerging economies. Today, the retailing industry is being buffeted by a number of forces simultaneously, for example the growth of online retailing and the advent of ‘radio frequency identification’ (RFID) technology. Making sense of it all is not easy but of vital importance to retailing practitioners, analysts and policymakers.


Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Author: Doug McKenzie-Mohr

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1550924621

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The highly acclaimed manual for changing everyday habits-now in an all-newthird edition! We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change theirs. If one individual recycles his plastic containers, the impact is minimal. But if an entire community recycles, enormous amounts of resources are saved. How then do we go about transforming people's good intentions into action? Fostering Sustainable Behavior explains how the field of community-based social marketing has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new research, behavior change tools, and case studies. Learn how to: target unsustainable behaviors, and identify the barriers to change understand various commitment strategies communicate effective messages enhance motivation and invite participation. The strategies introduced in this ground-breaking manual are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in promoting sustainable behavior, including environmental conservation, recycling and waste reduction, water and energyefficiency and alternative transportation.


Customer Loyalty and Brand Management

Customer Loyalty and Brand Management

Author: María Jesús Yagüe Guillén

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2019-09-23

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 3039213350

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Loyalty is one of the main assets of a brand. In today’s markets, achieving and maintaining loyal customers has become an increasingly complex challenge for brands due to the widespread acceptance and adoption of diverse technologies by which customers communicate with brands. Customers use different channels (physical, web, apps, social media) to seek information about a brand, communicate with it, chat about the brand and purchase its products. Firms are thus continuously changing and adapting their processes to provide customers with agile communication channels and coherent, integrated brand experiences through the different channels in which customers are present. In this context, understanding how brand management can improve value co-creation and multichannel experience—among other issues—and contribute to improving a brand’s portfolio of loyal customers constitutes an area of special interest for academics and marketing professionals. This Special Issue explores new areas of customer loyalty and brand management, providing new insights into the field. Both concepts have evolved over the last decade to encompass such concepts and practices as brand image, experiences, multichannel context, multimedia platforms and value co-creation, as well as relational variables such as trust, engagement and identification (among others).


Consumerology, New Edition

Consumerology, New Edition

Author: Philip Graves

Publisher:

Published: 2013-01-24

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1857889231

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Philip Graves explores the “mind gap” between conscious and unconscious thought – and behavior


Price Index Concepts and Measurement

Price Index Concepts and Measurement

Author: W. Erwin Diewert

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2010-02-15

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 0226148572

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Although inflation is much feared for its negative effects on the economy, how to measure it is a matter of considerable debate that has important implications for interest rates, monetary supply, and investment and spending decisions. Underlying many of these issues is the concept of the Cost-of-Living Index (COLI) and its controversial role as the methodological foundation for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Price Index Concepts and Measurements brings together leading experts to address the many questions involved in conceptualizing and measuring inflation. They evaluate the accuracy of COLI, a Cost-of-Goods Index, and a variety of other methodological frameworks as the bases for consumer price construction.


Reframing Academic Leadership

Reframing Academic Leadership

Author: Joan V. Gallos

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1119663563

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Reframing Academic Leadership Reframing Academic Leadership is the go-to guide for deepening leadership commitment, capacity, and impact. Gallos and Bolman tease out the unique opportunities and challenges in academic leadership and present powerful ideas and tools to guide and assist college and university administrators in: Creating campus environments that facilitate creativity and commitment Forging vital alliances and partnerships in service of the mission Building campus cultures and shared vision that unite and inspire Crafting institutional structures and strategies that foster innovation and excellence In this updated edition, the authors integrate time-tested conceptual frameworks with rich and compelling real-world cases and tackle contemporary, high-impact issues such as changes in the professoriate and in student populations, funding shortfalls, equity and social justice, the double-edged sword of technology, managing conflict and crisis, ethics and governance, and strengthening leadership agility and resolve. This readable, intellectually provocative, and pragmatic book is for all who care deeply about higher education, are committed to making it better, and understand its potential to transform lives, families, communities, organizations, and nations. Leadership matters more than ever, and Reframing Academic Leadership offers the seminal framework for understanding and leading in higher education today. PRAISE FOR REFRAMING ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP | 1st ED “Reframing Academic Leadership is the most comprehensive book on the topic and an excellent source of knowledge for faculty and managerial leaders in every college and university. An invaluable resource for students of higher education leadership!” —MAUREEN SULLIVAN, Past President, American Library Association and Association of College and Research Libraries “Reframing Academic Leadership provides a compassionate understanding of the stresses of leadership in higher education. It offers insights to those who do not fully appreciate why higher education is so hard to ‘manage’ and validation for those entirely familiar with this world. I recommend it enthusiastically.” —JUDITH BLOCK MCLAUGHLIN, Senior lecturer on education and faculty chair of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents and the Harvard Seminar for Presidential Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education “Bolman and Gallos provide a refreshing view of leadership essential for those assuming presidencies and other important leadership positions in higher education. This work is a bedside reference for aspiring and current leadership in higher education not only in the U.S. but also abroad.” —FERNANCO LEON GARCIA, President, Sistema CETYS Universidad, Baja California, Mexico “Bolman and Gallos have written a practical, lucid text that brings together illustrative vignettes and robust frameworks for diagnosing and managing colleges and universities. I recommend it to new and experienced administrators who will routinely confront difficult people, structures, and cultures in their workplaces.” —CHRISTOPHER MORPHEW, Dean, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University “Reframing Academic Leadership is filled with real-world examples from leaders. The book reads like a guide for leading a chamber music rehearsal where one’s role constantly shifts from star to servant and where multiple answers may be ‘right’.” —PETER WHITE, Dean and Professor of Conducting, Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific


Consumer Behavior and Marketing Action

Consumer Behavior and Marketing Action

Author: Henry Assael

Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 824

ISBN-13:

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This text takes a strategic approach to consumer behavior; that is, once you know how consumers behave and react, what do you do about it? New to this edition is a much needed balance between the strategic approach and consumer rights and social implications.