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Retailer's Strategies to Cope Up Economic Crisis

The study explores the impact of the economic crisis on the Indian retail sector, emphasising the importance of considering its effects to avoid long-term losses. It provides strategies for Indian...

Giant Retail Stores vs. Small Street Stores

Giant stores boost GDP, create jobs, and raise living standards, but often displace small retailers and lead to part-time employment. They offer convenience and modern shopping, but risk encouraging...

Costing and Negotiation Skills for Merchants in Apparel Supply Chain

Accurate costing is crucial in garment merchandising, as even small errors can lead to significant financial losses. Merchants must track every detail, secure formal supplier quotes, and understand...

Tail of Retail

The retail world has shifted from seller-driven to consumer-centric, making the customer the true decision-maker. Beyond price and product, emotional connection, personalisation, and respect now...

Define Your Value Proposition

While the current drop in consumer spending has hit organized retailers, that is not the only reason for their woes. Retailers need to better understand and define their value proposition to their...

A Novel Retail Mantra: Right sizing

Retailers must focus on increasing efficiency, improving margins, and leveraging new technologies to stay competitive. Right sizing, which involves reducing store space and replacing slow-moving...

Department Stores Size Likely to be Impacted by Recession

Department stores in the US are facing severe sales declines due to the financial crisis, with major retailers like Nordstrom, Macy's, and JC Penney experiencing drops in profits. Heavy discounting...

Buying Behavior of Clothing buyers

Fashion trends evolve through continuous innovation in fabric, style, and design. Trends typically flow from Western countries like the USA, UK, France, and Italy to Eastern markets such as China and ...

Make Point of Sale a Point of Success

Choosing the right POS equipment is vital for small businesses, as it handles customer transactions and links to merchant accounts. In a cashless market, it's essential for processing payments. POS...

Holding up a Mirror to the Business: Getting the Best from BI and CPM Technology

Many retailers invest in BI and CPM tools hoping for quick, user-friendly data insights. However, these tools often act as raw components needing heavy IT input for setup, integration, and...

Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo