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The retail industry has undergone enormous changes during the last thirty years. But there is one retailer that not only has remained consistent in the fluctuating? Even tenuous? Market, but also has grown in the process. More Than a Hobby takes you inside the story of David Green, the man who built the phenomenal success of Hobby Lobby. Green went beyond surviving in a competitive retail market to thriving, ultimately expanding his $600 start-up...
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Everyone loves to shop and eat out! Most shoppers and diners are not aware of a niche industry of professionals dedicated to designing, building and maintaining these stores and restaurants. This specialized industry creates and upholds properties that welcome millions of customers each and every day. They are essential business partners in driving sales. In the brick and mortar world of retail and restaurants, Grace Daly presents her first industry...
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When will you get a real career? When will you stop working nights and weekends? When do you plan to use your college degree? If you work in retail, these are questions you often hear.
Does this make you feel like the career you love was all just an accident? You're not alone. The retail industry employs millions, yet most people don't end up there by design.
Ron Thurston wrote Retail Pride as an indispensable guide for every retail employee, manager,...
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Flora Delaney, retail expert and consultant helps retailers across the globe improve their business. And she says retail success comes from just 7 Timeless Principles.
Each chapter dives into real-world examples of how stores capture our wallets and create lasting habits with their shoppers. Over 70 topics within the book include a "WIN Today" section that gives store owners, managers and employees specific things they can do re-focus on what really...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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Explore the broad, fascinating history of the Eaton's department store empire. Exhaustively researched and thoughtfully written by a prominent department store historian. Canada's largest and most well-known department store, Eaton's was an icon of Canadian culture. From its founding in 1869 to its famed catalogue and network of large stores spreading coast to coast, Eaton's offered something for everyone, in grand style. Relive the days when this...
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Whether it was a Ginsu knife, George Foreman Grill, Tony Robbins' motivational book, kitchen device by Ron Popeil, or any of the countless other famous products that have been marketed on infomercials over the years, admit it: you or someone you know has bought one-and you're not alone. Last year, one out of every three Americans picked up the phone and ordered a product from a television infomercial or home shopping network, and in But Wait . . ....
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This book presents the intricacies of retailing from both academic and practical points of view. New changing business practices are actuating changes in the retail environment. Dearth of time and increase in incomes of public has created a need for new types of retail formats. This means retailers will have to have knowledge of knowing their customers and anticipating their needs. As the economic structure in India is changing so is the field of...
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The $20 billion gourmet market is nearly recession-proof. In fact, experts indicate that gourmet products actually do better in uncertain times like these as consumers seek out affordable luxuries. If you plan to open a specialty retail store, or perhaps a small store inside an existing retail space then this book is a must. Although gourmet foods command a price double and up to ten times higher than that of grocery store brands, there are those...
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Here is the inside story of how The Home Depot grew from its first few stores in 1979 to become the largest home-improvement retailer in the world today. Breakthrough Retailing chronicles the founding, growth, stagnation, and rebirth of this great American success story. The first half describes how the magic of a Bleeding Orange culture made this story possible and revolutionized the way building material products are sold. The second half delves...
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Maybe you love exotic and unusual flavors as well as high quality products, and you wish that there was a way for you to make a living selling not just food, but food that you love talking about, tasting, and sharing with others. You have the passion, but you need information to figure out the nitty-gritty details like regulations and financing. This book will give you industry-specific advice by discussing how to refine your vision, how to market...
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Have you been spending more than ever on marketing, but feel like your customers are responding less?
Have you been generous with your customers, giving them bigger discounts, loyalty programs, the best-trained staff and helpful emails, but it still doesn't seem to be enough?
Do you know the retail environment has changed, but you're not sure how to respond?
Customers across all industries have changed dramatically in recent years, but many retailers...
13) Winner Sells All
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A riveting investigation of the no-holds-barred battle between Amazon and Walmart to become the king of commerce.
For years, Walmart and Amazon operated in separate spheres-one a massive brick-and-mortar retailer, the other an online giant. But in 2016, Walmart aggressively moved into the world of e-commerce, while Amazon made big bets in physical retail.
The resulting rivalry is a bare-knuckle power struggle as each titan tries to outmaneuver the...
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How to unleash "human magic" and achieve improbable results.
Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and orchestrator of the retailer's spectacular turnaround, unveils his personal playbook for achieving extraordinary outcomes by putting people and purpose at the heart of business.
Back in 2012, "Everyone thought we were going to die," says Joly. Eight years later, Best Buy was transformed as Joly and his team rebuilt the company into one of the nation's...
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The dream of starting a retail business can easily become a reality. Retail businesses are one of the fastest growing segments of the economy. This new book will teach you all you need to know about getting started in your own retail business in the minimum amount of time. This manual delivers hundreds of innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother, increase performance, shut down waste, reduce costs,...
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An inside look at the advertising business by the man behind all those ads you just can't keep out of your head. If you have ever worked in or are interested in marketing, advertising, or retail, this book is a must read. I Can Get it For You Retail plots a course for success in the real world with the inside scoop on several of the most successful retail marketing/advertising campaigns in Canadian history: * Black's is Photography * Leon's - Don't...
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Can bookstores save the world? As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, maybe they can. But only if we protect them and the critical roles they fill in our communities.Danny Caine, author of the bestselling sensation How to Resist Amazon and Why and co-owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, makes a compelling case for the power of small, local...
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'Essential reading for any retail leader' – Paula Bobbett, Chief Digital Officer, Boots UK
The pace of change in retail is accelerating. Will you be a passenger, or the driver?
Retail leaders face disruption on every side: rapidly changing consumer habits, a fiercely competitive and dynamic environment, market volatility and more. But transforming in response, while necessary, is easier said than done.
Driving Retail Transformation gives you...
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Exploring how and why online forums such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogs have gained such popularity-and credibility-with consumers, this practical guide offers proven strategies for organizations to leverage these new internet-based social media outlets. The differences between traditional and new media are explored, as are simple ways business owners and marketers can use these new resources to communicate with their customers. Practical tips on...
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The Internet stock bubble wasn't just about goggle-eyed day traderstrying to get rich on the Nasdaq and goateed twenty-five-year-olds playing wannabe Bill Gates. It was also about an America that believed it had discovered the secret of eternal prosperity: it said something about all of us, and what we thought about ourselves, as the twenty-first century dawned. John Cassidy's Dot.con brings this tumultuous episode to life. Moving from the Cold War...
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