Managing Retail Productivity and Profitability
Managing Retail Productivity and Profitability

Author: Dominic Laffy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1349246212

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Managing productivity and profitability in retailing has taken on a particular role since the onset of the recession of the late 1980s. Productivity can be improved simply by rationalising low performing stores, merchandise ranges and by reducing the number of suppliers and employees. However, this is not necessarily a long term solution. The purpose of this text is to propose a means by which a more proactive approach may be taken to improving both productivity and profitability. The book develops a model based upon management ratios typically used in retailing businesses for planning and control purposes. The model encourages the use of existing performance data to evaluate overall company productivity and profitability together with performance characteristics of individual functions. An additional feature of the approach is the facility to explore the impact of changes to the retail offer suggested by customer research responses. To facilitate the use of the concepts and the model used, a disk is also available, containing the application of the model to a number of the case studies and a facility for the user to input their own data.

Managing for Higher Retail Success
Managing for Higher Retail Success

Author: DMSRetail

Publisher: DMSRetail Inc.

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0973914130

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There are proven ways of significantly increasing your sales volume, increasing profitability and achieving higher customer retention rates. All of this will finally be within your control after reading and applying the proven principles in ‘Managing for Higher Retail Success’. You will no longer be caught in the trap…the trap of focusing on lack of traffic or weather or other things that are beyond your control. This guide will empower you to move forward and succeed despite many obstacles. You will quickly begin to approach every new day with excitement and renewed enthusiasm. You will be in control of most of the factors that have real impact on your results. ‘Managing for Higher Retail Success’ will show you how to get and stay, in the driver's seat. If you are managing, that is where you have to be. You simply can’t let circumstances throw you off course. You simply can’t settle for mediocre results. You are in a competitive industry and you are a winner who wants to achieve great results and lead a great team.

Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management
Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management

Author: Tim Jackson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1350318302

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The first academic textbook covering European retail fashion buying and merchandising. It provides a unique insight into best practice across the fashion industry.

Successful Technological Integration for Competitive Advantage in Retail Settings
Successful Technological Integration for Competitive Advantage in Retail Settings

Author: Pantano, Eleonora

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-04-30

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1466682981

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The advent of new technologies has been an impetus for rapid development in several industries, including the area of retail services. These recent advances push industry leaders to infuse new innovations into their various systems and processes. Successful Technological Integration for Competitive Advantage in Retail Settings examines the various effects of changing markets and subsequently how these changes cause retailers to meet consumer demand by integrating more sophisticated, advanced innovations in their daily practices. Focusing on corporate strategies, innovation management, and relevant case studies, this book is a pivotal reference source for researchers, practitioners, and developers interested in recent innovation trends within the retailing industry.

International Retail Marketing
International Retail Marketing

Author: Christopher Moore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-03-30

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1136393811

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International Retail Marketing combines a broad thematic overview of the key issues concerning international retail marketing with a series of incisive cases and examples of industry practice from markedly different sectors as fashion, food and healthcare. The authors provide an accessible and wide-ranging outline of the fundamentals of the subject, such as trends in retail marketing, strategy and logistics, and buying and merchandise management within an international perspective. Contributions from Europe, North America and Asia show the dynamics affecting international retailing through a variety of case. Key discussion points are highlighted throughout the text, giving a hands-on focus.

Generation Y in Consumer and Labour Markets
Generation Y in Consumer and Labour Markets

Author: Anders Parment

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-09-16

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1136631232

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Generation Y in Consumer and Labour Markets explores the role of people born in the late 1970s and 1980s as consumers and coworkers in an emerging post-modernist society. Having grown up in a branded society overcrowded with commercial messages and a never-ending supply of choices and opportunities, Generation Y not only influences consumption patterns, they also bring their values to work life, thus changing the attitudes towards the employee-employer relationship and how work is being done. Generation Y particularly see work as a venue of self-realization and the boundaries between work and leisure time are becoming blurred—thus the consumer and labor markets converge in some critical dimensions. This book delves into the substantial research body on characteristics and behaviors of the Generation Y, including their relation to other generations and the role of understanding generations in developing effective and attractive organizations. It further outlines the experiences and best practice for attracting, recruiting, selling to, and communicating with Generation Y, based on the author’s experiences from hundreds of organizations where he has been involved as a consultant – offering the reader a better understanding of generations in marketing research, and the impact of generations in employee-employer relations.

Retail Accountability
Retail Accountability

Author: Steven Lindner

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781501304095

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Profitability determines the success of every retail business and manufacturer. As a fashion industry consultant and instructor of retail mathematics, Steven Lindner has developed a textbook that teaches students how to negotiate agreements and analyze each element presented in profitability reports. This upper-level textbook focuses on the basic components of the buyer-vendor relationship, including negotiations and the creation and assessment of profitability reports. Students will also learn how to interpret standard financial documents such as profit-and-loss statements and balance sheets. In the competitive retail industry, these skills are essential.