26 Tuesday Feb 2019
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
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If a consumer product goods (CPG) manufacturer can get buyers to subscribe to receive periodic deliveries of its products, the …
21 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in Chapter 08: Retail Locations
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Furniture shoppers in Manhattan cannot visit the new IKEA outpost to purchase a bureau or bed to take home. Instead, …
18 Monday Feb 2019
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Retail practitioners and academics have long relied on a simple segmentation concept: For some products, consumers demand to be able …
15 Friday Feb 2019
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Convenience and accessibility are key drivers of consumers’ behavior, never more so than today, when they expect to be able …
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
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In the aftermath of the unthinkable tragedies associated with gun violence in schools, people seek solutions and new ideas for …
07 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in Retail Tidbits
Both Kroger and Walgreens have been aggressive in their efforts to find new ways to remain competitive. In their latest …
04 Monday Feb 2019
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When is a parking garage not a parking garage? During the busy holiday shipping season, the answer is, “when it’s …
30 Wednesday Jan 2019
Posted in Chapter 10: Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
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Although the challenge happens nearly every year, it just keeps getting bigger: How can delivery services handle the massive increase …
25 Friday Jan 2019
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Shoppers might prefer to order bulky, heavy household products (e.g., cans of soup, bottled beverages) to be delivered, so that …
23 Wednesday Jan 2019
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It’s a million-dollar—or more accurately, a 13 billion-dollar—question: Why did Amazon buy Whole Foods? Even casual observers note that there …