Shifting from big boxes that stock virtually everything to showrooms and concept stores that have virtually no products available—that appears …
Retailers Experiment with a New Philosophy: Smaller Is Better
22 Thursday Mar 2018
Category Archives: Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
Bookstore Chains, Long in Decline, Are Undergoing a Final Shakeout
16 Friday Mar 2018
When sales in a particular industry or retail sector decline by something like 40 percent in a decade, it becomes …
I’ll Have the Chicken with a Side of Style: Retailers Find a Recipe for Success by Mixing Dining and Shopping
05 Friday Jan 2018
In their efforts to highlight the added value they can offer, compared with their online counterparts, as well as to …
Luxury Goods Coveted by Generation Y and Generation Z
01 Monday Jan 2018
After a flat year in 2016, retail analysts were unsure about the future of the luxury goods market. However, a …
Amazon Attempts to Crack the Secret of the Australian Market
26 Tuesday Dec 2017
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
Borders entered the Australian market in 2002; the market responded by pushing the bookseller’s Australian division into bankruptcy. Starbucks tried …
Amazon Doesn’t Need to Make Money on Groceries, Putting Pressure on Walmart, Kroger
28 Tuesday Nov 2017
Nearly the first thing Amazon did after completing its purchase of Whole Foods was to announce that it would be …
H&M Hit by Discounting, Slowness to Embrace Digital
24 Friday Nov 2017
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
In a nutshell, H&M needs to sell more. After years of glowing reviews, popular embrace, and successful operations, the Swedish …
The Toys ‘R Us Bankruptcy: An Analysis
22 Wednesday Nov 2017
A wide variety of factors led Toys ‘R Us, the well-known toy retailer, to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy recently. …
How Grocery Giant Aldi Plans to Conquer America: Limit Choice
20 Monday Nov 2017
Aldi is notoriously close-lipped about its strategy. From its earliest days, the corporate structure has been designed to avoid requirements …
Best Buy’s Secrets for Thriving in the Amazon Age
14 Tuesday Nov 2017
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
Why is Best Buy still in business? Most trends have suggested its downfall for years, from the dominance of Amazon …
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