and Distribution Management‚ Vol Carlos Pestana Barros (2005 )‚ Efficiency in Hypermarket Retailing: A Stochastic Frontier Model; The International Review of Retail‚ Distribution and Consumer Research‚ Vol. 15‚ No. 2 ‚ pp 171 – 189. Carlos Pestana Barros and Carlos Alves (2004)‚ An empirical analysis of productivity growth in a Portuguese retail chain using Malmquist productivity index ; Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services‚ Vol. 11‚ No.5‚ pp 269-278. Carlos Pestana Barros (2006)‚ Efficiency
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MARKS : 80 COURSE :MRM SUB : RETAIL MANAGEMENT N. B. : 1) BOTH CASE STUDIES carries equal marks. 2) All questions are compulsory CASE NO. 1 THE OUTLOOK FOR SOFT GOODS SPECIALITY STORES Introduction Soft goods specialty retailers are on a quest to grow‚ with the high-growth ``stars’’ working to maintain momentum by rolling out successful concepts nationally while investing in new concepts that offer long-term promise. The less stellar performers are
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1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Walmart differ? Company Background-Sears • Founded in 1891‚ operated solely as a catalog business • In 1924‚ expanded into retail stores in shopping mall ▫ Sold a variety of merchandise including apparel‚ cosmetics‚ jewelry‚ electronic‚ household appliances…. • Early 1980s‚ faced with declining market share ▫ Target audience of middle class female shoppers ▫ Slogan ”Come see the softer side of Sears” Company Background-Walmart • Founded in 1962‚ opened
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1) What is happening in toy retailing in the late 1990s? Is this an attractive industry from the perspective of incumbents? Toys ‘R’ Us enjoyed a large market share of the toy retailing industry up to and through the 1980s and the toy industry in general experience a phenomenal annual growth of up to 26 percent‚ but this was to change in the following decade. In the late 1990’s the toy retail industry gained new entrants‚ among them Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart stocked the top twenty percent of the hottest-selling
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Global Business Travelers’ Airport Retail Trends‚ 2014-2015 Published on 06th May 2014 Global Business Travelers’ Airport Retail Trends‚ 2014-2015 is a new report by Conlumino that globally analyzes prevailing trends in airport retailing and explores how business dynamics are set to change in 2014-2015. This highlights the key drivers and barriers influencing customer opinion and purchasing pattern‚ and identifies preferred product categories‚ frequently used payment modes‚ and business optimization
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Principles of Marketing‚ 14e (Kotler) Chapter 13 Retailing and Wholesaling 1) ________ includes all the activities involved in selling products or services directly to final consumers for their personal‚ nonbusiness use. A) Franchising B) Retailing C) Brokering D) Wholesaling E) Disintermediation Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 374 Skill: Concept Objective: 13-1 2) In recent years‚ ________ has been growing fast. This includes selling to final consumers through direct mail‚ catalogs‚ telephone
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The impact of online shopping on shopping centres in Australia: MODULE 2: How would you define the industry to be analysed? Is the industry global? Is the organisation mentioned Australian or overseas based? Can you make any references about the industry value chain from the article? What are the key product and services segments in the industry mentioned? Are you able to identify the stage of the industry life cycle? Industry the Australian shopping centre industry comprises companies that
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Case Study: Launching Inspired Dining Experiences at The Bay‚ Canada’s Iconic Department Store It was an inspired afternoon that had our Strategic Objectives team revelling in just how delectable our job can be. After setting Canadian foodies all a-Twitter in early 2011 with the announcement it was re-imagining its foodservice options from coast to coast‚ The Bay‚ Canada’s leading department store finally opened its first two new dining destinations‚ Bannock and Foodwares Market‚ at its flagship
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Case- Shiseido: Channeling Cosmetics in China 1. Marketing and distribution channels for cosmetics products performed mainly transactional and logistical function. Distribution channels such as the voluntary specialty chain stores perform transactional function when they buy these cosmetic products from the manufacturer and sell them in their individual stores. They share risk with the producer (Shiseido) as they stock merchandises in anticipation for sales. On the other hand‚ counters at departmental
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Weakness 1. Information technology hackings. 2. Low performance of workers. 3. inventory inefficiency Opportunities 1. Increasing high levels of educated people‚ consumers are now more skeptics and are more demanding. 2. The presence of Internet retailing Threats 3. Rapid changes in consumers’ preferences. 4. Category killers made their entrance onto the market‚ offering cheap prices and boasting large quantities and wide selection of items of all sorts. 5. Foreign brands also started to open
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