Strategic Retail Management: Text and International CasesSpringer Science & Business Media, 16/10/2007 - 366 من الصفحات Retailing is becoming consistently more important in economic terms. This becomes evident when looking at the development of many individual countries, in Europe, America and Asia. In highly developed countries, re tailing is assuming more and more of aleadership role in the distribution channel. The expansion strategies, retail branding strategies, innovative solutions for supply chain management etc., all reflect this trend. In trans formation countries, such as in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in emerging countries, such as China and India, fundamental changes in retail ing structures become apparent and may lead to comparable developments. In view of internationalisation, afurther profound change can be noticed. Retailing companies that were formerly characterised by alocal or national orientation are increasingly developing into global players with worldwide operations. Book Concept and Overview The present book is devoted to the dynamic development of retailing. The various strategy concepts adopted by retailing companies and their imple mentation in practice are at the core of the book. This is not atraditional textbook or collection of case studies, but is intended to demonstrate the complex and manifold questions of retail management in the form of 15 lessons that provide athematic overview of key issues and to illustrate them with the help of comprehensive case studies. Internationally known retail companies are used as examples to facilitate an understanding of what is involved in strategic retail management and to present some best practices. |
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Buying Logistics and Performance Measurement | 253 |
Chapterȱ12ȱ BuyingȱȱStrategyȱandȱConcepts 255ȱ | 315 |
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الصفحة 9 - ... the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities...
الصفحة 318 - Stock turnover represents the number of times during a specific period, usually one year, that the average inventory on hand is sold
الصفحة 121 - Association (AMA), a brand is defined as a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers.
الصفحة 9 - Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 52 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods...
الصفحة 340 - Camuffo, A., Romano, P. and Vinelli, A. (2001) Back to the future: Benetton transforms its global network.
الصفحة 146 - Centres (30,000 m2+) (Centres commerciaux regionaux, grandes centers penfericos, uberregionale Shopping-Center) (two or more anchors) Locational Variants * central area in traditional core * central area adjacent traditional core * non-central suburban growth zone * greenfield site, transport node * Eldon Square, Newcastle, UK * La Part-Dieu, Lyon, France * CentrO, Oberhausen, Germany * Curno, Bergamo, Italy Compositional Variants * hypermarket-dominated * department and...
الصفحة 285 - Activity Benefits Superior Alternative to Bar Code * allows information to be read by radio waves from a tag without requiring line-of-sight scanning * allows virtually simultaneous and instantaneous reading of multiple tags in the vicinity of the reader * each tag can have a unique code that ultimately allows every tagged item to be individually accounted for * boost of productivity due to faster scanning * accurate tracking (reduction of shrinkage, theft, out-of-stocks) * real-time stock location...
الصفحة 278 - Communications: to get products to where we want them it is necessary to have information, not only about demand and supply, but also about volumes, stock, prices and movements. Retailers have thus become increasingly concerned with being able to capture data at appropriate points in the system and to use that information to have a more efficient and effective logistics operation.
الصفحة 280 - quick response' (QR): the aim has been to cut inventory levels and improve the speed of product flow. This has involved reducing order lead time and moving to a more frequent delivery of smaller consignments both internally (between DC and shop) and externally (between supplier and DC). This has greatly increased both the rate of stock turn and the amount of product being 'crossdocked
الصفحة 9 - Retail sale of meat and meat products 52.23 : Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs 52.24 : Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery 52.25 : Retail sale of alcoholic and other beverages 52.26 : Retail...