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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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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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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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Shopping is our culture's single most important leisure activity. Everyone does it, everywhere and almost every day. For shopkeepers, their retail market is will be seeing drastic change. Those wishing to stay ahead of ruthless competition will be forced to create a strong brand name and individual identity for their businesses. Branding a Store shows how to make your shop a winner. Retail specialist Ko Floor translates more than 30 years of retail...
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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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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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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sam Walton's & et al Made in America and NOT the original book. Preview: Sam Walton: Made in America (1992) by Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton is an autobiographical account of how Walton, who came from modest means and grew up during the Great Depression, became the proprietor of the largest retailer in the United States. Walton's passion, ambition, and competitive spirit drove him to succeed…. Inside this companion...
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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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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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WHEN BUSINESSMAN John Timpson started his retailing career in 1960, there were no supermarkets, no out-of-town shopping centres and not even a hint of internet shopping. The British high street was full of made-to-measure tailors and traditional grocers. Among the household names were Mac Fisheries, Dewhurst, John Collier and Timothy Whites & Taylors.
In this enjoyable new book, Timpson shows how successive generations of forward-thinking shopkeepers...
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Introducing "The Retail Revolution: Navigating the 2024 Dot Com Bubble" by renowned author Blake Martin. In this gripping and timely book, Martin provides an in-depth analysis of the online retail industry and how it is contributing to the formation of a new dot com bubble in 2024.
With the rise of e-commerce giants like Amazon and the proliferation of online marketplaces, the world of retail has been forever changed. But as the industry continues...
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A unique book written based on extensive experience in retail operations, Stores Don't Suck explores such profound questions as: why didn't the store get the memo? Why doesn't the display look like it should? How do you get stores to do the things you need them to do? (Spoiler alert: It doesn't have to be so hard.)
Told in stories all retailers can relate to, “Stores Don't Suck” dives into the nitty, gritty realities of store operations, of communication...
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In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Americans had never heard of held the largest IPO in history, bigger than Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest e-commerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over ten years, while building a customer base more than twice the size of Amazon's, and handling the bulk of e-commerce transactions in China. How did it happen? And what, was it like to be along for such...
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The CEO behind Rakuten and Kobo reveals how his unique approach to empowerment and collaboration defies conventional wisdom, and is the future of growth and globalization strategy.
If Web 2.0 described the shift from static to interactive life on the Web, then 3.0 is the next sea change - driven by personalization, intelligent search, and user behavior. And, that evolution has huge implications for everything we see, buy and do online. Rejecting...
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The Perfect Franchise Revisited is the one book you need to read if you are considering franchising.
Mark Schnurman is one of America's top franchise consultants, and the founder of The Perfect Franchise. Mark outlines a clear process for finding the perfect franchise.
In straightforward language, he explains how to:
• decide whether franchising is right for you;
• determine which franchise will optimize your chances of success;
• conduct due...
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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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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
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OPEN THE STORE OF YOUR DREAMS: START YOUR OWN RETAIL BUSINESSRetail is one of the fastest-growing and fastest-changing segments of the economy. Apps, pop-up shops, and online shopping have made it easier to reach, interact with, sell to, and gain loyal customers. Making this the perfect time for eager entrepreneurs, like you, to stop dreaming and start selling. Whether you're interested in opening a storefront, online shop, or portable kiosk, this...
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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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