What is retailing today? Who are the players and how do they operate? And what will happen tomorrow? These are just some of the questions addressed by Retailing Principles: Global, Multichannel, and Managerial Viewpoints, 2nd Edition, which has been thoroughly updated to reflect current trends and conditions in the global retail market. An essential companion for any student seeking a career in the world of retail, the text focuses on the strategies that retailers both large and small are employing to thrive in this challenging economic climate, and in a marketplace where globalization, multi-channel retailing and issues of sustainability are dominant factors.
Global retail profiles for each unit highlighting international companies and their practices
"Did You Know?" and "Cyberscoop" marginal notations providing retail trivia designed to illuminate a point or example
Definitions of retailing vocabulary in the margins as well as a comprehensive glossary
"From the Field" articles from leading trade and consumer publications featuring industry incidents and trends
New to This Edition
Updated full-color illustrations and photographs throughout
Chapter discussing the growth of multichannel retailing
Current information on sustainability as it applies to ecoretailers and ecoconsumers
New unit on retail management principles including two new chapters
Instructors Resources
Instructor's Guide
PowerPoint® Presentation
The State of the Industry
Roots and Rudiments
The Retail Environment: Dynamics of Change
Strategic Planning: Adapting to Change
Customer Behavior
Global Retail Profile—Walmart, USA
Retail Structures and Multichannel Strategies
Brick-and-Mortar Retailers
Direct Marketing and Selling
Electronic Retailing
Global Retailing
Global Retail Profile—Retailing in China
Store Location and Planning
Site Selection
Shopping Centers and Malls
Store Design and Visual Merchandising
Global Retail Profile—Carrefour, France
Retail Management
Principles of Management
Human Resources Management
Financial Analysis and Management
Merchandising Management
Global Retail Profile—H&M, Sweden
Marketing the Merchandise
Pricing for Profit
Planning Retail Promotion
Monitoring the Supply Chain
Global Retail Profile—Uniqlo, Fast Retailing, Japan
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Lynda Gamans Poloian
, MEd, taught retailing, marketing, and fashion courses at Southern New Hampshire University and was Director of the Fashion Merchandising Program for more than 25 years. Poloian holds a BA degree from the University of New Hampshire and an MEd degree from Notre Dame College. She was sales promotion director for a department store, owned an international accessories company, and has done research and consulting for retail and marketing firms. She is a member and Past President of the American Collegiate Retail Association (ACRA) and a member of the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire (RMANH) where she chaired its Education Committee and did retail training research for the group.