Book Description
For courses in Retail Management.
A contemporary text that helps students thrive in today’s retailing industry
Retail Management: A Strategic Approach is built on the fundamental principle that retailers have to plan for and adapt to a complex, changing environment. Without a pre-defined and well-integrated strategy, retailers may flounder and be unable to cope with the environment that surrounds them. This text helps readers become good retail planners and decision makers. The 13th Edition incorporates updated data that reflects the current world economic climate, extensive coverage of omnichannel retailing, and many new vignettes, questions, and cases, so that students can thrive in today’s retailing industry.
Table of Contents
PART 1 An Overview of Strategic Retail Management
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Retailing
Chapter 2 Building and Sustaining Relationships in Retailing
Chapter 3 Strategic Planning in Retailing
PART 2 Situation Analysis
Chapter 4 Retail Institutions by Ownership
Chapter 5 Retail Institutions by Store-Based Strategy Mix
Chapter 6 Web, Nonstore-Based, and Other Forms of Nontraditional Retailing
PART 3 Targeting Customers and Gathering Information
Chapter 7 Identifying and Understanding Consumers
Chapter 8 Information Gathering and Processing in Retailing
PART 4 Choosing a Store Location
Chapter 9 Trading-Area Analysis
Chapter 10 Site Selection
PART 5 Managing a Retail Business
Chapter 11 Retail Organization and Human Resource Management
Chapter 12 Operations Management: Financial Dimensions
Chapter 13 Operations Management: Operational Dimensions
PART 6 Merchandise Management and Pricing
Chapter 14 Developing Merchandise Plans
Chapter 15 Implementing Merchandise Plans
Chapter 16 Financial Merchandise Management
Chapter 17 Pricing in Retailing
PART 7 Communicating with the Customer
Chapter 18 Establishing and Maintaining a Retail Image
Chapter 19 Promotional Strategy
PART 8 Putting It all Together
Chapter 20 Integrating and Controlling the Retail Strategy
Appendix: Careers in Retailing
Title: Retail Management, Global Edition, 13th Edition
Author: Joel R. Evans, Patrali M. Chatterjee Barry R. Berman
Length: 592 pages
Edition: 13th edition
Language: English
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
Publication Date: 2017-10-12
ISBN-10: 1292214678
ISBN-13: 9781292214672