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The Textile Book (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Jasbir Kaur, Colin Gale The Textile Book (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Jasbir Kaur, Colin Gale
R2,879 Discovery Miles 28 790 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Textiles are central to our lives and are at the heart of the world's largest industries. In recent years there has been a dynamic shift in attitudes toward textiles, fuelled in part by explosive developments in technology. While textiles have always retained roots in craft and industry, the discipline now embraces a much wider range of practices. Innovations in the industry demand a fresh approach to the subject, which this comprehensive introduction ably supplies. Taking as their starting point the very meaning of textiles, Gale and Kaur go on to show the astonishing range of opportunities for careers in the field, from the creative (artists, craftspeople and designers) to the social and industrial, to the commercial and associated practices (buyers, journalists, researchers and scientists). The Textile Book takes us behind the scenes with professionals to reveal what various jobs involve, what influences decision makers, and how their decisions affect what we buy next season. What happens to clothes before they reach the shops? What determines the 'must have' item? How can recycled bottles be transformed into silk-like yarns? These and many other questions are explored to show the diversity that makes up the contemporary global textile scene. Woven, printed, embroidered, knitted -- textiles are pivotal to the everyday experience of people in all parts of the world. This wide-ranging and informative book conveys the excitement and new challenges textiles represent and is essential reading for anyone working with, studying or simply interested in textiles.

Retail Marketing (Paperback): Frank Quix, van der Kind Rob Retail Marketing (Paperback)
Frank Quix, van der Kind Rob
R2,916 Discovery Miles 29 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In today's turbulent business environment, maintaining and optimizing retail strategies are of crucial importance. Retail Marketing is a complete guide to how retailing works in the non-food sector. Focusing on operational applications of retailing, this textbook puts students on the inside track to success in the fast-moving retail industry. This new edition offers an integrated approah to internet and cross-channel retailing and adds new material on lost sales and market research in addition to coverig new research. Retail Marketing is a comprehensive textbook for students in this area and provides the perfect overview for anyone interested in this vital industry.

Retailing and the Language of Goods, 1550-1820 (Hardcover, New Ed): Nancy Cox Retailing and the Language of Goods, 1550-1820 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Nancy Cox
R4,479 Discovery Miles 44 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book the author explores the various meanings assigned to goods sold retail from 1550 to 1820 and how their labels were understood. The first half of the book focuses on these labels and on mercantile language more broadly; how it was used in trade and how lexicographers and others approached what, for them, were new vocabularies. In the second half, the author turns to the goods themselves, and their relationships with terms such as 'luxury', 'choice' and 'love'; terms that were used as descriptors in marketing goods. The language of objects is a subject of ongoing interest and the study of consumables opens up new ways of looking at the everyday language of the early modern period as well as the experiences of trade and consumption for both merchant and consumer.

On the Commodity Trail - The Journey of a Bargain Store Product from East to West (Hardcover): Alison Hulme On the Commodity Trail - The Journey of a Bargain Store Product from East to West (Hardcover)
Alison Hulme
R4,465 Discovery Miles 44 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Following the journey of eight bargain store objects, Alison Hulme reveals the complex story behind society's simplest and cheapest commodities. Inspired by Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project, On the Commodity Trail explores the colourful and fascinating histories of everyday objects.Along the way, we observe raw materials on municipal rubbish dumps in China, newly re-made products in the world's largest wholesale market, and take a journey across the seas, to bargain stores in Europe and North America, arriving finally in the homes of consumers. Weaving together narratives from the people we meet at different parts of the commodity chain - waste peddlers, wholesalers, store owners, and shoppers - the book examines the places and people at the heart of these localized yet immense global networks.Unlike other investigations of commodity chains, this study does not chart a straightforward trajectory from production to consumption. Instead, it demonstrates that the low-end commodity chain is one of constant rupture in which products are made and re-made, blurring the dividing line between producing and consuming.An ethnography of material culture as well as an examination of commodity culture at a time of economic downturn, this deeply-engrossing book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of commodity chains and consumer culture.

Retail Product Management - Buying and merchandising (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Rosemary Varley Retail Product Management - Buying and merchandising (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Rosemary Varley
R4,943 Discovery Miles 49 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Retailers must be primed to face increasingly difficult trading conditions thanks to the rise of the internet, increasingly better informed consumers, technological advances and an often competitive environment. This established textbook, now in its third edition, helps to provide students with the necessary skills to understand and tackle these challenges. "

Retail Product Management" explains the importance of retailing as a customer-focused activity and helps to provide students of courses such as "Retail Marketing," "Retail Management" and "The Retail Environment" with an excellent introduction to this important topic. With an emphasis on the operational side, this text incorporates features including expanded case vignettes, questions for further discussion, and application tasks. It also includes a new chapter on ethical and sustainable retail product management.

Retaining the popular style and elements of the first two editions, Rosemary Varley's "Retail Product Management" will continue to find favour with students and lecturers involved with retailing.

Success Of 7-eleven Japan, The: Discovering The Secrets Of The World's Best-run Convenience Chain Stores (Paperback):... Success Of 7-eleven Japan, The: Discovering The Secrets Of The World's Best-run Convenience Chain Stores (Paperback)
Akira Ishikawa, Tai Nejo
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When 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.

Numbers by the Book - A Financial Guide for the Cultural Commerce & Specialty Retail Manager (Paperback): Museum Store... Numbers by the Book - A Financial Guide for the Cultural Commerce & Specialty Retail Manager (Paperback)
Museum Store Association
R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Numbers by the Book is a step by step guide to the financial side of planning, opening and operating a successful museum retail operation. This 96 page gem is lavishly illustrated with tables and charts to guide you through the process of creating budgets, choosing a POS system, purchasing, and measuring success. Includes 14 worksheets and forms to launch your museum store towards profit!

Global Strategies in Retailing - Asian and European Experiences (Hardcover, New): John Dawson, Masao Mukoyama Global Strategies in Retailing - Asian and European Experiences (Hardcover, New)
John Dawson, Masao Mukoyama
R4,785 Discovery Miles 47 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Large and medium sized retailers have increased their international operations substantially over the last 25 years. This is evident in: the number of countries to which these retailers expand; the growing international sales of retailers; and the heightening of the level of commitment of retailers to their international activity - a trend that is likely to continue over the next decade as general globalization in the service industries increases. The managerial implications of the moves to become global are considerable. Different retailers are pursuing different approaches, to varying degrees of success and are no longer simply multi-national, but are also multi-continental. Consequently, existing concepts and theories of international business fit uneasily in explanations of international retailing, so new corporate strategies need to be explored. Featuring in-depth studies of seven retailers, by international scholars from Japan, the UK and Sweden, Global Strategies in Retailing explores recent developments in strategy that are related to international retailing and in particular, the emergence of a Global Portfolio Strategy. As such, this book will be important reading for all international business and retailing students and academics researching in these areas.

Using Semiotics in Retail - Leverage Consumer Insight to Engage Shoppers and Boost Sales (Hardcover): Rachel Lawes Using Semiotics in Retail - Leverage Consumer Insight to Engage Shoppers and Boost Sales (Hardcover)
Rachel Lawes
R3,200 R2,816 Discovery Miles 28 160 Save R384 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Boosting retail sales is more important than ever. Stand out in a global, digital marketplace, grow customer loyalty and evolve your brand by leveraging the power of semiotics online and in physical stores. Practical, accessible and based on 20 years of global marketing experience, Using Semiotics in Retail shows retailers of all sizes how to upgrade and empower their marketing, today and for the future. Discover step-by-step how to recognise and design for emerging consumer needs and create meaningful shopper experiences. Learn how to surprise and delight consumers, increase engagement and make shopping easier for everyone. It features case studies and examples from Unilever, Freshippo, H&M, Google, Toyota and many more. Using Semiotics in Retail shares game-changing marketing insights in categories such as FMCG, fashion, technology and entertainment, drawn from China, India, Mexico, the US and the UK. The book is supported by online resources that include templates and interactive exercises. Using Semiotics in Retail equips readers with a set of powerful tools which readers can use straight away to create engaging and successful retail marketing.

Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution (Hardcover)
Various
R26,762 Discovery Miles 267 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution brings together as one set, or individual volumes, groundbreaking retail studies from the field of human geography. Encompassing town and retail planning, marketing geography, the development of shopping centres and the rise of consumerism, this set is an opportunity to purchase previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints such as Croom Helm and Methuen.

People Don't Buy What You Sell (Paperback): Martin Butler People Don't Buy What You Sell (Paperback)
Martin Butler
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This provocative and candid book goes behind the scenes to reveal the secret of success behind a number of leading UK retailers. It includes in-depth case studies on John Lewis, Selfridges, Carphone Warehouse, Odd bins, Topshop, B&Q and HMV and unique insight from a number of top retail analysts and commentators. It challenges conventional wisdom and makes the case that what the retailer stands for (the brand) is more important than what is sold (the merchandise). Targeted at anyone involved, or simply interested, in retail selling, this important book will help you become a better, smarter retailer in an increasingly competitive and changing world. It will give you the perspective and the retail branding tools to make a difference, whatever your level.

Merchandising Mathematics for Retailing (Paperback, 5th edition): Cynthia Easterling, Ellen Flottman, Marian Jernigan, Beth... Merchandising Mathematics for Retailing (Paperback, 5th edition)
Cynthia Easterling, Ellen Flottman, Marian Jernigan, Beth Wuest
R3,620 Discovery Miles 36 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written by experienced retailers, Merchandising Mathematics for Retailing, 5/e introduces students to the essential principles and techniques of merchandising mathematics, and explains how to apply them in solving everyday retail merchandising problems. Instructor- and student-friendly, it features clear and concise explanations of key concepts, followed by problems, case studies, spreadsheets, and summary problems using realistic industry figures. Most chapters lend themselves to spreadsheet use, and skeletal spreadsheets are provided to instructors within the Instructor's Manual. This edition is extensively updated to reflect current trends, and to discuss careers from the viewpoint of working professionals. It adds 20+ new case studies that encourage students to use analytic skills, and link content to realistic retail challenges. This edition also contains a focused discussion of profitability measures, and an extended discussion of assortment planning.

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
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 12 - 19 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.

Fundamentals of Merchandising Math and Retail Buying (Paperback, New): Angella Hoffman Fundamentals of Merchandising Math and Retail Buying (Paperback, New)
Angella Hoffman
R2,695 Discovery Miles 26 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bridging the gap between current merchandising math textbooks and retail buying textbooks, "The Fundamentals of Retail Buying with Merchandising Math" incorporates both buying philosophies and merchandising math. The text's problem-based method of learning incorporates questions and problems that train the reader to "think" like a buyer and encourage group collaboration and critical thinking. Simulated exercises mimic real-life buying responsibilities. Additionally, the order of the chapters and content within each chapter mimic the training of an assistant buyer in a corporate buying office. Providing a full, broad view of the retail buyer's role, the text also includes the key merchandising math formulae that is the basis of all retail buying analysis.

Race and Retail - Consumption across the Color Line (Hardcover): Mia Bay, Ann Fabian Race and Retail - Consumption across the Color Line (Hardcover)
Mia Bay, Ann Fabian
R3,176 Discovery Miles 31 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Race has long shaped shopping experiences for many Americans. Retail exchanges and establishments have made headlines as flashpoints for conflict not only between blacks and whites, but also between whites, Mexicans, Asian Americans, and a wide variety of other ethnic groups, who have at times found themselves unwelcome at white-owned businesses. Race and Retail documents the extent to which retail establishments, both past and present, have often catered to specific ethnic and racial groups. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the original essays collected here explore selling and buying practices of nonwhite populations around the world and the barriers that shape these habits, such as racial discrimination, food deserts, and gentrification. The contributors highlight more contemporary issues by raising questions about how race informs business owners' ideas about consumer demand, resulting in substandard quality and higher prices for minorities than in predominantly white neighborhoods. In a wide-ranging exploration of the subject, they also address revitalization and gentrification in South Korean and Latino neighborhoods in California, Arab and Turkish coffeehouses and hookah lounges in South Paterson, New Jersey, and tourist capoeira consumption in Brazil. Race and Retail illuminates the complex play of forces at work in racialized retail markets and the everyday impact of those forces on minority consumers. The essays demonstrate how past practice remains in force in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.

Garden Centre Management (Paperback): Ken Crafer Garden Centre Management (Paperback)
Ken Crafer
R1,428 Discovery Miles 14 280 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Garden Centre management has professionalised in recent years as garden centres have become more highly developed retail operations. Many students of horticulture are expected to go into retail management and so the topic has increasingly appeared on the further education curriculum. This book is equally targeted at students, garden centre managers and professional courses in garden centre management. It provides a practical approach backed up by management theory. The text covers consumer behaviour, staff management, stock management, marketing and productivity.

Great American Shopping Experience: The History of American Retail from Main Street to the Mall (Paperback): Stephen H Provost Great American Shopping Experience: The History of American Retail from Main Street to the Mall (Paperback)
Stephen H Provost
R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Contemporary Issues in Luxury Brand Management (Hardcover): Sylvie Studente, Eleonora Cattaneo Contemporary Issues in Luxury Brand Management (Hardcover)
Sylvie Studente, Eleonora Cattaneo
R4,622 Discovery Miles 46 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes surrounding luxury brand management and the core issues faced by luxury firms today; Each chapter is illustrated by well-recognized contemporary cases and examples to demonstrate how the theory translates to practice and provide an exciting teaching resource; Includes insights from a range of expert contributors from both research and consulting backgrounds

Cultures of Selling - Perspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700 (Hardcover, New Ed): John Benson Cultures of Selling - Perspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700 (Hardcover, New Ed)
John Benson; Laura Ugolini
R4,641 Discovery Miles 46 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The study of consumption and its relationship to cultural and social values has become a vibrant and important field in recent years. Hitherto however, relatively few detailed and full length works on this topic have been published. In what will become a seminal volume, this book examines retail selling in various historical contexts and locations, as both an activity at once 'mundane' and almost universal. The book introduces the reader to the existing literature relevant to the subject; and explores the widespread perceptions of moral ambiguity surrounding the practice of selling consumer goods - ranging from concerns about the adulteration of goods, to fears about sharp practice on the part of retailers - and places such concerns in the context of wider societal values and ideas. The ambivalence towards retail selling and sellers is also a central focus of the collection, focussing on the attempts by retailers to develop selling techniques and successful practices of salesmanship, and at the same time establish widely-shared understandings of 'good' retailing. The book also delves into the more dubious practices of retail selling, including practices on the margin of legality, the issue of credit and changing attitudes towards debt. Uniquely the book examines how sales techniques relate to the wider context of a whole shopping 'experience' or shopping environment. Taken as a whole, this volume will provide a first port of call for students, researchers and others interested in exploring consumer cultures, and the cultural norms and practices involved in the sale of consumer goods in various historical periods and geographical contexts.

Using Semiotics in Retail - Leverage Consumer Insight to Engage Shoppers and Boost Sales (Paperback): Rachel Lawes Using Semiotics in Retail - Leverage Consumer Insight to Engage Shoppers and Boost Sales (Paperback)
Rachel Lawes
R1,141 R1,035 Discovery Miles 10 350 Save R106 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Boosting retail sales is more important than ever. Stand out in a global, digital marketplace, grow customer loyalty and evolve your brand by leveraging the power of semiotics online and in physical stores. Practical, accessible and based on 20 years of global marketing experience, Using Semiotics in Retail shows retailers of all sizes how to upgrade and empower their marketing, today and for the future. Discover step-by-step how to recognise and design for emerging consumer needs and create meaningful shopper experiences. Learn how to surprise and delight consumers, increase engagement and make shopping easier for everyone. It features case studies and examples from Unilever, Freshippo, H&M, Google, Toyota and many more. Using Semiotics in Retail shares game-changing marketing insights in categories such as FMCG, fashion, technology and entertainment, drawn from China, India, Mexico, the US and the UK. The book is supported by online resources that include templates and interactive exercises. Using Semiotics in Retail equips readers with a set of powerful tools which readers can use straight away to create engaging and successful retail marketing.

Retailisation - The Here, There and Everywhere of Retail (Paperback): Francesca de Chatel, Robin Hunt Retailisation - The Here, There and Everywhere of Retail (Paperback)
Francesca de Chatel, Robin Hunt
R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This work investigates the current state of selling, whether groceries, politicians, information or motorcars. Like no other phenomenon, "retailization" reflects the complexity and ubiquity of information flows, processes and convergence of media in the wired world. The authors explore the all-pervasive nature of the retail experience in the physical world, the virtual world - and in the peripheral spaces between the two. Companies interviewed include Asda, MOMA, The Tate Modern, Walmart, Sony, Habitat, Manchester United and Volkswagen; individuals include Naomi Klein, Tom Dixon, Benjamin Barber, Professor Bill Mitchell (Dean of Architecture at MIT), architects Jon Jerde, Rem Koolhas and Ben Van Berkel, and David Peek, psychologist behind the Bluewater shopping mall.

Time, Space, and the Market - Retroscapes Rising (Paperback, New): Stephen Brown, John F. Sherry Jr Time, Space, and the Market - Retroscapes Rising (Paperback, New)
Stephen Brown, John F. Sherry Jr
R1,018 Discovery Miles 10 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A study of retroscapes, commercial environments that evoke past times and places, a ubiquitous manifestation of modern marketing. It covers an array of retailing milieux, in a number of different countries, at a variety of spatial scales, and from various evaluative perspectives, both pro and con.

Shopping Choices with Public Transport Options - An Agenda for the 21st Century (Hardcover, New Ed): Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim,... Shopping Choices with Public Transport Options - An Agenda for the 21st Century (Hardcover, New Ed)
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Peter J. McGoldrick
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, the environmental, social and economic concerns regarding laissez-faire retail decentralization policies have resulted in an emergence of a global trend towards the provision of wider choices of good quality public transport modes in suburban areas. Existing research on transport choices to shopping areas simply looks at travel time, travel cost or distance as a measure of the 'deterrence' of getting to a retail outlet and has concentrated on the attributes of the retail outlets, thus neglecting the transport attributes. Based on a substantial study incorporating both quantitative and qualitative research, this engaging volume takes a more balanced view of both retail outlet and transport attributes. It employs a multi-method, sequential design to examine the many dimensions salient to how people evaluate transport options for shopping purposes and unravels many important issues in transport mode and retail destination choices.

Time, Space, and the Market - Retroscapes Rising (Hardcover, New): Stephen Brown, John F. Sherry Jr Time, Space, and the Market - Retroscapes Rising (Hardcover, New)
Stephen Brown, John F. Sherry Jr
R2,818 Discovery Miles 28 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Retroscapes, commercial environments that evoke past times and places, are a ubiquitous manifestation of modern marketing. They come in various shapes and forms, from theme restaurants and flagship stores (Planet Hollywood, Niketown) to festival malls and new urbanist communities (Faneuil Hall, Disney's Celebration). This engaging work is the first book devoted exclusively to the subject. Time, Space, and the Market covers a diverse array of retailing milieux, in a number of different countries, at a variety of spatial scales, and from various evaluative perspectives, both pro and con. The contributors are all well known expert commentators, and the editors have published extensively on retromarketing and servicescapes respectively. Together they offer a unique take on a subject with which everyone can identify.

Amazon - How the World's Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce (Paperback, 2nd Revised... Amazon - How the World's Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Natalie Berg, Miya Knights
R958 R872 Discovery Miles 8 720 Save R86 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Amazon - one of the world's most valuable companies - is worth more than Walmart, Netflix, Target, Nike and Costco combined. What are the secrets to its success? How can these insights be applied to other businesses in the e-commerce sector? The retail industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Across all sectors and markets, retailers are shifting their business models and customer engagement strategies to ensure they survive. Amazon offers unique insight into the company's persistent dissatisfaction with the status quo and innovation and how it has fundamentally changed the ways in which we shop. This fully updated second edition explores Amazon's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the convergence of physical and digital retail, e-commerce economics and sustainability, as well as future policy implications. Written by industry-leading retail analysts and with the first edition now translated into more than a dozen languages, Amazon is an invaluable resource for discovering the lessons that can be learned from the company's unprecedented rise to dominance.

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