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The Retail Start-Up Book - Successfully Plan, Launch and Grow a Business (Paperback): Rowland Gee, Danny Sloan, Graham Symes The Retail Start-Up Book - Successfully Plan, Launch and Grow a Business (Paperback)
Rowland Gee, Danny Sloan, Graham Symes
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The retail market in the UK is worth more than £400 billion annually and employs over 3 million workers, while in the US 29 million people create over USD $4 trillion of revenue through the industry. Despite the challenge to establish stores and big-box retailers, there's a rapid increase in the number of retail start-ups and consistent growth in the independent sector. From beard shops and barbers, through cafes and coffee shops, to 'retailment' concept stores and boutique consumer-focused experiences, the specialist retail sector is booming.

The Retail Start-Up Book provides clear guidance and advice on how to develop a winning retail strategy that seamlessly merges online, offline and digital tactics. Introducing the science of shopping and how to understand customer behaviours and needs, it explores the essential steps of developing a business plan, marketing and promoting a business and advising on buying and visual merchandising. Building on years of retail experience nationally and internationally, in large groups and with independent retailers, The Retail Start-Up Book meticulously provide invaluable practical insights to help new retailers hit the floor running, or more established organizations grow their business and nurture their profits.

New Fashion Boutique Design - Dress up! (Paperback): Wang Shaoqiang New Fashion Boutique Design - Dress up! (Paperback)
Wang Shaoqiang
R1,279 R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Save R230 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

New Fashion Boutique Design is a practical and inspirational illustrated volume that gathers examples of some of the most exclusive boutiques and stores in the world and introduces the latest trends in shop design, an area where fashion and creativity merge to deliver a unique shopping and branding experience. From luxury designer stores and exclusive boutiques to shoe shops, this comprehensive volume provides useful insights into international retail architecture and comprehensive information on the featured projects. Fashion stores are no longer mere places that one enters simply with the intention of purchasing products. Shops have also become venues for events, stages for exciting performances, and sometimes even landmarks. Likewise, retail spaces have become statements that celebrate designer labels and their products and offer multiple opportunities to engage with the brand and its values. A range of these grand stages has been captured in New Fashion Boutique Design, which offers ideas, solutions, and different approaches to product presentation across its 240 colorful and inspiring pages.

Retailed's Retail Start-Up Workbook - A Place to Keep Your Thoughts and Ideas When Starting a Retail Business (Paperback):... Retailed's Retail Start-Up Workbook - A Place to Keep Your Thoughts and Ideas When Starting a Retail Business (Paperback)
Laura De La Cruz
R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Style & Statistics - The Art of Retail Analytics (Hardcover): B Bullard Style & Statistics - The Art of Retail Analytics (Hardcover)
B Bullard
R1,180 R838 Discovery Miles 8 380 Save R342 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A non-technical guide to leveraging retail analytics for personal and competitive advantage Style & Statistics is a real-world guide to analytics in retail. Written specifically for the non-IT crowd, this book explains analytics in an approachable, understandable way, and provides examples of direct application to retail merchandise management, marketing, and operations. The discussion covers current industry trends and emerging-standard processes, and illustrates how analytics is providing new solutions to perennial retail problems. You'll learn how to leverage the benefits of analytics to boost your personal career, and how to interpret data in a way that's useful to the average end business user or shopper. Key concepts are detailed in easy-to-understand language, and numerous examples highlight the growing importance of understanding analytics in the retail environment. The power of analytics has become apparent across industries, but it's left an especially indelible mark on retail. It's a complex topic, but you don't need to be a data scientist to take advantage of the opportunities it brings. This book shows you what you need to know, and how to put analytics to work with retail-specific applications. * Learn how analytics can help you be better at your job * Dig deeper into the customer's needs, wants, and dreams * Streamline merchandise management, pricing, marketing, and more * Find solutions for inefficiencies and inaccuracies As the retail customer evolves, so must the retail industry. The retail landscape not only includes in-store but also website, mobile site, mobile apps, and social media. With more and more competition emerging on all sides, retailers need to use every tool at their disposal to create value and gain a competitive advantage. Analytics offers a number of ways to make your company stand out, whether it's through improved operations, customer experience, or any of the other myriad factors that build a great place to shop. Style & Statistics provides an analytics primer with a practical bent, specifically for the retail industry.

No-Fail Retail - Merchandising Techniques for Stores (Hardcover): Regina Blessa No-Fail Retail - Merchandising Techniques for Stores (Hardcover)
Regina Blessa
R968 R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Save R184 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention - An Encyclopedic Reference (Hardcover): Charles A. Sennewald, John H. Christman Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention - An Encyclopedic Reference (Hardcover)
Charles A. Sennewald, John H. Christman
R2,008 Discovery Miles 20 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention" is destined to become the "go to" source of crime- and loss prevention- related information in the retail industry. Written and edited by two nationally recognized retail security experts and enhanced with 63 contributions by others who contribute expertise in specialized areas, this book provides over 150 definitions of loss prevention terms, and discusses topics ranging from accident investigations, counterfeit currency, emergency planning, and workplace violence to vendor frauds. No other single work contains such a wealth of retail security information.
The co-authors are Charles "Chuck" Sennewald, CSC, CPP former Director of Security at The Broadway Department Stores, a major division of Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., founder of the IAPSC and author of numerous security industry books, and John Christman, CPP, former VP and Director of Security for Macy's West. They have put in one book a wealth of information, techniques, procedures and source material relative to retail crime and loss prevention which will prove an invaluable reference work for professionals at all levels within the industry.
* Tables, current industry figures, and statistics fully articulate the impact of loss prevention and theft in the retail setting
* Case examples from the authors' own experience illustrate real-world problems and connect theory to practice
* The most complete book available on retail security

Walking Mannequins - How Race and Gender Inequalities Shape Retail Clothing Work (Paperback): Joya Misra, Kyla Walters Walking Mannequins - How Race and Gender Inequalities Shape Retail Clothing Work (Paperback)
Joya Misra, Kyla Walters
R804 R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Save R158 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In malls across the United States, clothing retail workers navigate low wages and unpredictable schedules. Despite these problems, they devote time and money to mirror the sleek mannequins stylishly adorned with the latest merchandise. Bringing workers' voices to the fore, sociologists Joya Misra and Kyla Walters demonstrate how employers reproduce gendered and racist "beauty" standards by regulating workers' size and look. Interactions with customers, coworkers, and managers further reinforce racial hierarchies. New surveillance technologies also lead to ineffective corporate decision-making based on flawed data. By focusing on the interaction of race, gender, and surveillance, Walking Mannequins sheds important new light on the dynamics of retail work in the twenty-first century.

Eaton's - The Trans-Canada Store (Hardcover): Bruce Allen Kopytek Eaton's - The Trans-Canada Store (Hardcover)
Bruce Allen Kopytek
R1,061 R869 Discovery Miles 8 690 Save R192 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Retail Business Kit For Dummies (Paperback, 2nd Edition): Rick Segel Retail Business Kit For Dummies (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
Rick Segel
R711 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R159 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Get your business off the ground with a killer brand and get the sales you want!

It's a great time to be an independent retailer! Whether you're a novice or seasoned professional, this practical how-to guide shows you how to start and run your business in today's marketplace -- from your original dream and the day-to-day operations to establishing a connection with customers and increasing your sales, both on the Web and at a brick-and-mortar shop.

Get lessons from real-life experience -- the author shares his expertise in retail business (from his mistakes to his triumphs) and reveals what it takes to be successful

Master all the basics of launching and growing a retail business -- from writing a business plan and finding a great location to hiring and keeping great staff

Meet and exceed the expectations of today's consumer -- discover how to create positive shopping experiences, provide top-notch customer service, and earn customer loyalty

Spread the word without going broke -- find out how to differentiate your business, generate word-of-mouth advertising, and plan effective sales and promotions

Bonus CD Includes

Forms, templates, and samples to simplify your business, from managing employees and inventory to tracking financial performance, creating sales and marketing tools, and adding signage to your store

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Open the book and find:

The 10 keys to retailing success

How to design stores that work

Where and how to buy merchandise

The best ways to make your business memorable

Expert tips for building your Web site and selling online

Advice for handling legal and accountingissues

In-the-trenches, proven management practices

A crash course in the art of selling

Woolworth's - 100 Years on the High Street (Hardcover, UK ed.): Kathryn A. Morrison Woolworth's - 100 Years on the High Street (Hardcover, UK ed.)
Kathryn A. Morrison
R2,163 Discovery Miles 21 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Woolworth's bright red signboard was a beacon on British and Irish high streets for nearly a century. American in origin, Woolworth's grew rapidly after the first branch opened in Liverpool in 1909. The business model - with inexpensive goods piled on counter tops - scored an immediate hit with British consumers. By 1930 there were 400 stores, and by 1960 over 1000. With its own architects' department and regional construction teams, Woolworth's erected hundreds of prominent stores in shopping centres throughout England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It is these buildings - often typical of the commercial architecture of their day - which provide the focus of this book. This is not, however, a conventional architectural history - it is the story of Woolworth's seen through the prism of its stores. The Woolworth's chain was of huge cultural importance, shaping and reflecting fundamental changes - mostly American in origin - that took place in the nation's shopping habits. Despite its dominant position on the high street, by the 1960s Woolworth's was beginning to lose its way. As people acquired cars and freezers and began to desert the high street, Woolworth's tried to stay ahead of the game with unsuccessful ventures into out-of-town and catalogue shopping. But by the time of its demise in 2009, a shrunken Woolworth's owned just two of the stores which it had built and developed over the preceding century. The closure of the last British stores in January 2009 provoked an outpouring of nostalgia and grief. Woolworth's occupied the heart of many communities, physically and commercially, and its heritage deserves celebration.

Business the Amazon.com Way - Secrets of the Worlds Most Astonishing Web Business (Paperback, New ed): Rebecca Saunders Business the Amazon.com Way - Secrets of the Worlds Most Astonishing Web Business (Paperback, New ed)
Rebecca Saunders
R312 R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Save R68 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Having toppled the bookselling giants on-line, Jeff Bezos is now leading Amazon.com
its list, not to mention a makeover for the web's most recognisable site, is Amazon
pushing its luck or positioning for the future of e-commerce? The so-called 'market
correction' has questioned the future of e-retailing, but for Amazon the future is still
bright.
Now completely updated for this new edition, Business the Amazon.com Way shows
how Jeff Bezos is leading Amazon into the harvesting phase, promising a great ride for
investors, a great experience for shoppers and a model for entrepreneurs and business
leaders everywhere.

Trade Logistics in Landlocked and Resource Cursed Asian Countries (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Kankesu Jayanthakumaran, Nagesh... Trade Logistics in Landlocked and Resource Cursed Asian Countries (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Kankesu Jayanthakumaran, Nagesh Shukla, Charles Harvie, Odbayar Erdenetsogt
R3,321 Discovery Miles 33 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on strategies to achieve economic diversification in Asian landlocked countries. It does so by analysing the impact of the Dutch disease, non-resource firm heterogeneity, trade logistics operations, trade facilitation, aid for trade, small and medium-sized enterprises, and foreign direct investment. Offering a wide range of expert views and opinions, research findings, information and data, the book will be of value to policy makers and students of trade and development economics.

Loveman's - Meet Me Under the Clock (Hardcover): 'Tim Hollis Loveman's - Meet Me Under the Clock (Hardcover)
'Tim Hollis
R808 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R147 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bare Essentials - The ALDI Way to Retail Success (Paperback): Dieter Brandes, Nils Brandes Bare Essentials - The ALDI Way to Retail Success (Paperback)
Dieter Brandes, Nils Brandes
R1,462 R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Save R78 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book is the first profound book about one of the most successful food retailers in the world: ALDI. The management system and key success factors are described and explained in great detail.

The Future of Food - A New Recipe for the Food Sector (Hardcover): Jorg Snoeck, Stefan Rompaey The Future of Food - A New Recipe for the Food Sector (Hardcover)
Jorg Snoeck, Stefan Rompaey
R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How can we continue to feed a growing world population in a healthy and sustainable manner? Will we be able to make meals from a 3D printer? What will the role of supermarkets be in the years ahead? This timely book by two experienced retail professionals addresses the future of food, with an insightful overview of trends ranging from urban agriculture to sea farms, cultured meat to applied artificial intelligence, and hybrid supermarkets to new digital platform models.

Jacobson's - I Miss It So!: The Story of a Michigan Fashion Institution (Hardcover): Bruce Allen Kopytek Jacobson's - I Miss It So!: The Story of a Michigan Fashion Institution (Hardcover)
Bruce Allen Kopytek
R829 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R146 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Markets as sites for social interaction - Spaces of diversity (Paperback, illustrated edition): Sophie Watson, With *, David... Markets as sites for social interaction - Spaces of diversity (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Sophie Watson, With *, David Studdert
R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Open-air markets are as old as the market towns they spawned, but in the modern world of 24-hour shopping, credit cards, superstores, sprawling malls, and one-stop shopping, do they still have a place in the contemporary social landscape? Are continental and farmers' markets the answer? What do shoppers, traders, and councils have to say about the places they shop in, work in, and control? Markets as Sites for Social Interaction is the first comprehensive account of English markets as a social space. It investigates markets throughout the country and comes to some surprising conclusions about the roles that they play in the world of modern Britain. It sets out the everyday cultural practices that inform and sustain markets as a crucial part of the social fabric. The report offers a series of suggestions for their rejuvenation; a glimpse of their potential in improving lives, from community employment to individual health; and concludes with a powerful endorsement of their continued rel

Pizitz - Your Store (Hardcover): 'Tim Hollis Pizitz - Your Store (Hardcover)
'Tim Hollis
R808 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R147 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Supply Chain Security and Management - Appraising Programs, Preventing Crimes (Paperback): Darren Prokop Global Supply Chain Security and Management - Appraising Programs, Preventing Crimes (Paperback)
Darren Prokop
R1,179 R1,112 Discovery Miles 11 120 Save R67 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Global Supply Chain Security and Management: Appraising Programs, Preventing Crimes examines the relationship between securing a supply chain and promoting more efficient worldwide trade. Historically, the primary goal of supply chain security was guarding against theft and damage. Today, supply chains are also on the frontlines in the fight against terrorism. This book showcases industry leaders and their best practices, also exploring how the government is both a policing organization and a supply chain partner. In addition, it covers the critical roles that various technologies play, focusing on how Big Data is collected and turned into knowledge. By using the tools provided, readers will gain a stronger understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by any organization that imports or exports products.

Technology Distribution Channels - Understanding and Managing Channels to Market (Paperback): Julian Dent Technology Distribution Channels - Understanding and Managing Channels to Market (Paperback)
Julian Dent
R1,190 Discovery Miles 11 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using numerous real-life examples from global technology corporations, and with a foreword from Tim Curran the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Technology Distribution Council, Technology Distribution Channels explores the chain that makes technology products and services available for market and explains how to make the most of each step of the process. By defining the role and significance of the various partners involved, including distributors, wholesalers and final-tier channel players, it provides a clear understanding of the entire go-to-market process, whilst also explaining channel partners' business models and how to engage with them for effective market access. Technology Distribution Channels covers both the tactical and strategic dimensions of channel economics as well as containing information on accessing and servicing markets and customers, controlling brands, integrating web and online channels, building the value proposition and creating differentiation. As the only approved text book for the Global Technology Distribution Council's Accreditations, Technology Distribution Channels contains expert guidance for both the Certificate and the Diploma programs. Comprehensive and clear, Technology Distribution Channels provides readers with the knowledge needed to improve their business model to ensure maximum market exposure and successful product delivery.

The Wal-Mart Effect - How an Out-of-town Superstore Became a Superpower (Paperback): Charles Fishman The Wal-Mart Effect - How an Out-of-town Superstore Became a Superpower (Paperback)
Charles Fishman
R480 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R91 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Wal-Mart is the biggest company on earth, ever. Around 7.2 billion people shop there in a year - more than one visit for every person on the planet. It's expanding across the globe from Brazil to Eastern Europe. And it has the power to change our world ...Charles Fishman takes us into the heart of the most successful superstore in history to show how the 'Wal-Mart effect' shapes lives everywhere, whether for overnight cleaners in America, bicycle-makers in China or salmon farmers in Chile. Now Wal-Mart's influence is so great it can determine everything from the design of deodorant to the shape of a town, working practices to market forces themselves, Fishman asks: how did a shop manage to do all this? And what will the ultimate cost of low prices be?

Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant (Hardcover): John Oharenko Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant (Hardcover)
John Oharenko; As told to Homan Arthington
R822 R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Save R146 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hudson's - Detroit's Legendary Department Store (Hardcover): Marianne Weldon, michael Hauser Hudson's - Detroit's Legendary Department Store (Hardcover)
Marianne Weldon, michael Hauser
R822 R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Save R146 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Shop Girls - A True Story of Hard Work, Friendship and Fashion in an Exclusive 1950s Department Store (Paperback, Digital... The Shop Girls - A True Story of Hard Work, Friendship and Fashion in an Exclusive 1950s Department Store (Paperback, Digital original)
Ellee Seymour 1
R337 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R62 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For Rosemary, Eve, Betty, Jean and Irene, working in Heyworth's department store in Cambridge is a dream come true. Once the girls step inside the elegant building - surrounded by beautiful dresses, sumptuous fabrics and glamorous accessories - the hardships and struggles of their own lives are temporarily forgotten. Heyworth's is a magical place, where the shop girls - in their smart, simple black dresses - serve the fashionable elite of Cambridge, and glimpse lives of style and ease far beyond anything they had ever imagined. It is also a place where hard work and talent are valued, and where these young women can forge a successful career. Set against the backdrop of the closing years of the Second World War, and moving into the 1950s, The Shop Girls perfectly captures the camaraderie and friendship of five ambitious young women working together in a store that offered them an escape from the drudgery of their wartime childhoods. Each of the girls' stories will be individually published from July 2014 in fortnightly serialised ebooks, leading up to the release of the complete edition (with bonus material) in September.

Digital Luxury - Transforming Brands and Consumer Experiences (Paperback): Wided Batat Digital Luxury - Transforming Brands and Consumer Experiences (Paperback)
Wided Batat
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fashion and luxury industries have been well-established for centuries, but the new disruptive digital environment is causing these industries to rethink their business case and adapt their brand offerings for consumers and experiences both online and offline, mixing physical place and digital space: phygital. This exciting new text, the first on this timely subject, written by an expert author explores the current malaise and offers ways forward through a mixture of research and practice-led examples.

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