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What qualifications does the chief executive officer (CEO) of a retail firm need? Well to start, they have to be …
Finding the Next Generation of Great Retail CEOs: Is It You?
27 Thursday Apr 2023
AI Will Transform Manufacturing—with Humans’ Help
24 Monday Apr 2023
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It’s not that AI is going to take over all conceivable jobs in manufacturing, necessarily. Experts think instead that AI-enabled …
Walmart Wants to Look More Like Target, While Target Wants to Look Bigger
20 Thursday Apr 2023
Posted in Chapter 08: Retail Locations
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Whether you stop by your local Target or nearby Walmart in the near future, things might look different. Both retailers …
Some Nonprofits Are Frowning Now: The End of the AmazonSmile Initiative
17 Monday Apr 2023
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Passive charity initiatives are easy and appealing to consumers. Simply by buying a particular product or visiting a restaurant on …
J. Crew Is Now Offering Secondhand Clothing
13 Thursday Apr 2023
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What is the opposite of fast fashion? Secondhand clothing is the hot new thing for retailers. In December, the National …
Supermarkets Know You Want Cheap Food
10 Monday Apr 2023
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Consumer Buying Behavior, Groceries, Inflation, Managing the Merchandise Planning Process, Supermarkets
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Groceries have gotten expensive. As of March 2023, food prices were up 8.5 percent compared with a year earlier, per …
Despite Limited Budgets, Consumers are Buying *a Lot* of Luxury Goods
06 Thursday Apr 2023
Posted in Chapter 05: Customer Buying Behavior
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Yeah, yeah, yeah—inflation. So your food budget is completely out of control, and who knows when you’ll be able to …
How this DTC Beauty Company Got HUGE
03 Monday Apr 2023
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
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MyGlamm might be the biggest beauty company you’ve never heard of (if you don’t shop in India). The company was …
Retailing Tidbit: The Rolling Stones Care Where Their Merchandise Is Made… But Do Their Fans?
15 Wednesday Mar 2023
The legendary rock band the Rolling Stones expressed shock when discovering that the workers making their 60th anniversary merchandise, in …
Retailing Tidbit: Black Friday Is Making a Comeback
13 Monday Mar 2023
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Retailers headed into last year’s Black Friday with gritted teeth. Profit margins were down, due to inflation, excess inventory, and …
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