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The Grocersby Andrew Seth; Geoffrey Randall
Kogan Page 1999; US$ 19.75With Wal-Mart on the rampage, and the US food retailing industry consolidating rapidly, there are lessons to be learned from Europe. The great Philip Kotler agrees. He wrote of the book: 'I highly recpmmend this book to US readers interested in future trends in the supermarket industry. The industry is much more consolidated in Europe and our industry is relentlessly moving in the same direction. The stories will provide much inspiration for meeting and mounting the challenges ahead.' The Grocers gives a history of food retailing in the UK, and looks at the rest of Europe and the USA for comparison. It tells the often dramatic and always fascinating stories of how the main UK players - Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda and Safeway got to where they... more...
The Success Of 7-Eleven Japanby A Ishikawa; N Tai
World Scientific 2002; US$ 41.60When analyzing 7-Eleven Japan?s advanced and innovative management style, the authors of this book highlight the existence of the ?integrated information system?. This is because of the key role it plays not only in forming this firm?s corporate strategy but also in developing its functional strategies for logistic support, merchandising and store operations. The authors explore the integrated information system, a symbol of the competitiveness of 7-Eleven Japan. more...
M2M: The Wireless Revolutionby Jim Brodie Brazell; Laurel Donoho; John Dexheimer
TSTC Publishing 2005; US$ 25.00What is M2M? M2M is an acronym for the term "Machine-to-Machine" and the birth of a 4th generation of computing. M2M is a category of information and communication technology that combines communications, computer, and power technologies to enable remote human and machine interaction with physical, chemical, and biological systems and processes. more...
Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridgeby Lindy Woodhead
Profile 2008; US$ 14.38In 1909 London's first dedicated department store built from scratch opened in a glorious burst of publicity, spearheaded by the largest advertising campaign ever mounted in the British press. In his eponymous store Selfridge created nothing less than 'the theatre of retail'. His personal life was just as flamboyant, one of mistresses and mansions, racehorses and yachts. In this book Lindy Woodhead tells the extraordinary story of a revolution in shopping and the rise and fall of a retail prince. more...
Supermarket differentiation in the UKby Cornelia Obitz
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 46.11This book examines and explains the current situation and problems of supermarket chains in England. Supermarket chains are operating in a profitable market but they are confronted with the problem of high competition and compared to manufacturers they have only few possibilities to differentiate. Especially the importance of differentiation is questioned in this book. It is examined whether differentiation is really essential for gaining competitive advantage. For a comprehensive and substantiated demonstration secondary theoreatical data and a study with primary data is used. With theories of manufacturers and retailers possibilities for differentiation are identified. Aspects of customer perceptions are considered as important as differentiation... more...
Handelsmarken von Discounternby Corinna Köhler
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 56.84Die Bedeutung von Handelsmarken nimmt in den letzten Jahren stetig zu. Auch im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel spielen sie eine immer bedeutendere Rolle. Vor allem Discounter, die in den letzten Jahren enorme Marktanteilsgewinne verzeichnen konnten, folgen mittlerweile dem Prinzip, ihr Sortiment stark auf Handelsmarken auszurichten.Mit einem Umsatzanteil von gut einem Drittel im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel stellen Handelsmarken in der heutigen Zeit eine ernst zu nehmende Konkurrenz für die etablierten Herstellermarken dar. Obwohl Handelsmarken in den verschiedenen Betriebstypen des deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel unterschiedlich große Bedeutungen besitzen, sind sie aus den Sortimenten nicht mehr wegzudenken. Da durch die Handelsmarken die... more...
Scoring Pointsby Clive Humby
Kogan Page 2008; US$ 35.00Scoring Points shows how Tesco made customer loyalty marketing work, explaining the benefits for Tesco and its customers. more...
The Grocersby Geoffrey Randall; Andrew Seth
Kogan Page 2011; US$ 24.95This fully updated, third edition of The Grocers portrays the growth of some of the world's most successful supermarkets, and shows how they have each responded to the significant changes in the food retailing market over the last few years. more...
My Korean Deliby Ben Ryder Howe
Henry Holt and Co. 2011; US$ 9.99This warm and funny tale of an earnest preppy editor finding himself trapped behind the counter of a Brooklyn convenience store is about family, culture and identity in an age of discombobulation. It starts with a gift, when Ben Ryder Howe's wife, the daughter of Korean immigrants, decides to repay her parents' self-sacrifice by buying them a store. Howe, an editor at the rarefied Paris Review , agrees to go along. Things soon become a lot more complicated. After the business struggles, Howe finds himself living in the basement of his in-laws' Staten Island home, commuting to the Paris Review offices in George Plimpton's Upper East Side townhouse by day, and heading to Brooklyn at night to slice cold cuts and peddle lottery tickets.... more...
Retail Hellby Hall Freeman
F+W Media 2010; US$ 14.95From Act I: "I think you left these behind," I said, handing them to her. This happens all the time when women try to return bags they've used. Tampons, lipstick, coins, Tic Tacs, and condoms are the top treasures found. "Greasy" let out a sigh as if I were the problem. "I really don't see what the problem is here. It's none of your business what I keep in my handbag." It is when my commission is at stake! I'm not your Designer Handbag Rental Service! My name is not BagBorrowOrSteal.com! This is a place Freeman Hall, a twenty-year veteran "on the floor," knows well. While delivering side-splitting stories alongside brutally cynical commentary, Freeman recounts his most shocking experiences in Retail Hell --and in this paperback edition,... more...









