Retailing

A green-fingered gardener, Amy Stewart has always delighted in the sight of freshly cut flowers, but she grew increasingly curious and uneasy about the journey those flowers take to reach her bouquet. In Gilding the Lily, Stewart introduces us to the...

Fashion buying, a key component in fashion retailing, is second only to design as a career option for fashion graduates. The buyer has a central role in influencing what consumers choose to wear and in determining whether a fashion retailing company...

The accessible, non-technical guide to applying and benefiting from blockchain technology. Blockchain has grown at an enormous rate in a very short period of time. In a business context, blockchain can level the playing field between small and large...

Expand Your Brand Online and Offline with Amazon AdvertisingAmazon is where consumers search, learn about, and shop for your products (whether from you or another seller). And with 310 million active users and counting, this is the ecommerce platform you...

Anyone involved in sales faces huge challenges these days, from fierce global competition and increased pressure on margins to the power of internet-savvy buyers and difficulties with getting time with prospective buyers. To succeed in sales, something...

An award-winning journalist's investigation into Amazon's true impact on inequality. The market value of Amazon.com has exceeded one trillion dollars. In 2020, its annual revenue increased by over 100 billion dollars. As the company insinuates itself...

Forge deeper and more meaningful connections with consumers and embrace the latest opportunities occurring across the physical and digital retail landscape to become more adaptable, resilient and successful. While change is a constant in retail, flux...

Analyze, plan and manage profitable channels to market with this economic framework, ensuring maximum leverage of channel partners at every stage of the go-to-market process, with this fully revised third edition of the global bestseller, Distribution...

A biography of the spectacular rise and fall of Eddie Antar, better known as "Crazy Eddie," whose home electronics empire changed the world even as it turned out to be one of the biggest business scams of all timeBack in the fall of 2016 we heard the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953940714Author Delisia HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 105Imprint Hazard BooksPublisher Hazard Books

Different strategies lead to different supply chains, and a lack of strategic choices leads to a blurred focus. This book introduces the concept of the 'strategy-driven supply chain', which changes the role of supply chain from operational-tactical to...

An insightful review of the collapse of the traditional retail sector in the West, and a roadmap for its potential recovery. Almost weekly, the news is full of stories about disappearing retail chains. From House of Fraser and BHS to Toys'R'Us and...

In recent years, campaigns have been galvanised to 'save the High Street'. It seems everyone has a view about how we can revamp our down-at-heel towns and cities. But are they missing the point? Veteran retailer Bill Grimsey argues that it is already too...

Neuromarketing in Action provides an in-depth review of how the brain functions and the ways in which it unconsciously influences consumer behaviour. It shows both the scientific frameworks and the practical applications of this increasingly popular...

After more than 40 years in the retail loyalty business Richard Beattie, founder and chairman of the world-leading, pioneering loyalty giant TCC, shares fifty essential lessons about shopper behaviour, delivering key insights into how to create...

Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics is a step-by-step guide to balancing the triangle of service, cost and cash which is the essence of supply chain management. Supply chains have become increasingly strategy-driven, and this Supply Chain...

The authors of this treatise attempt to provide a deeper understanding of the economic and political transformations now taking place in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. They build up a detailed picture of the privatization process in the retail...

Takes the fundamentals presented in the bestselling and critically acclaimed The Goal and applies them to a retail scenario.Highly engaging storytelling style is used to bring complex theory and its application to life for the author.An original book by...

This book explores the future of retail and service design, offering cutting-edge insights from leading researchers. With a focus on sustainability, phygital innovation, and community retail, it provides a forward-thinking roadmap for the evolution of...

With over 1,600 entries, The A-Z of Payments provides readers with a comprehensive, practical, easy-to-read listing of payment terms.The Financial Services Industry is full of terms and abbreviations that can appear confusing or easy to forget (e.g. ACS,...

Whether physical or virtual, heritage brand or start-up, pop-up stores are everywhere: this book provides the 'why, what, and how' for entrepreneurs and established brands to capitalize on this exciting format.This book guides readers through the 20-year...

Retailing: Environment and Operations is a complete introduction to the retail environment and retail operations for students of retailing, marketing, service management and related studies. It covers all the key areas of retailing activity and the...

The increasing trend towards digitisation seems to be spurring on the bricks and mortar retailers. Hybrid spaces communicate with the customers as a matter of course on all levels: online, offline and on site. Beyond conventional retail formats, this has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609491475Author Gregory T. PeerbolteFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

The global economy has opened up huge new opportunities for growth and product availability. That's where the retail buyer comes in. In Management of Retail Buying, Cash, Thomas, Wingate and Friedlander discuss what buyers go through to make their...

The authors of Process Improvement and Quality Management in the Retail Industry discuss quality management through the examination of several companies that won the esteemed Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Authors George, Thomas, and...

This book provides a uniform and coherent approach to the analysis of distribution systems in general and retail systems in particular. It develops the fundamentals of retail demand and supply, and demonstrates how the provision of distribution services...

Edited by one of the nation's preeminent labor historians, this book marks an ambitious effort to dissect the full extent of Wal-Mart's business operations, its social effects, and its role in the U.S. and world economy. Wal-Mart is based on a spring...

Written through the eyes of retail and technology executives, Branded! explores retailers who are successfully implementing social media and mobility strategies. Market-leading retailers are engaging technology-savvy customers though social media and...

Markets and fairs played a fundamental part in the commerce of the Mediterranean region in the Roman period. But where were they held, and what commodities were sold there? Using evidence from archaeology, inscriptions, and literary sources, Dr Frayn...

Despite the publication of several studies examining European retailing in relation to the USA, there is still a dearth of recent research, in English, that explores the development of retailing in specific European countries (with the obvious exception...

Franchising is one of the most popular ways of starting or expanding a business. Although fraught with problems - large initial outlay, unsocial hours, lack of control - it can be highly profitable. The Barclays Guide to Franchising for the Small...

This book charts the history of Australian retail developments as well as examining the social and cultural dimensions of shopping in Australia. In the second half of the twentieth century, the shopping centre spread from America around the world...

This innovative book is the first to explore social entrepreneurship in the field of hospitality, introducing students to the principles of social entrepreneurship motivation, finance, sustainability, issues and challenges, and how these can be...

Going under the hood of retail strategy, this book provides in-depth coverage of how retailers can leverage the latest in data analytics and technology to improve profitability and customer value through pricing. Retail pricing is not about dollars,...

Often described as the "hottest" retail phenomenon, ephemeral retail concerns the growth of pop-up stores as a new mode of retailing. These temporary stores "pop-up" without notice, quickly attract crowds, then disappear or morph into something else...

This book surveys the landscape of supermarket retailing in Africa, showing how this expanding part of the retail sector is changing consumerism on the continent.Drawing on research covering retail formats, consumer behaviour, strategies, operation...

China's new retail revolution will completely transform how the world thinks about retail and digital innovation. But is the world ready yet? In this book, the authors share an insider's perspective on what is happening in China to reveal the future for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467145244Author Janet Mansfield SoaresFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 221mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Regional-Text) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780870205811Author Michael LeannahFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Wisconsin Historical...