Assortment and Merchandising Strategy

Assortment and Merchandising Strategy
Author: Constant Berkhout
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2019-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030111636

Demonstrating how retailers can tap into shoppers’ needs for variety without increasing complexity and stress, this innovative book combines cutting-edge research with hands-on, practical frameworks. Experts in the retail sector have long been convinced that small assortments are more appealing to shoppers than large selections of products; in other words, less is more. However, the human brain has an innate need for variety. Addressing this challenge Constant Berkhout offers practical merchandising guidelines both for stores and online retailers. Indeed, studies show that it is not the actual size of assortment that drives traffic to online stores, but the perception of assortment variety. The author illustrates how decisions around assortment and visual merchandising must be made in conjunction with each other, rather than separately, and provides a step-by-step plan to do so. Grounded on shopper needs, emotions and behaviours that apply to both online and brick-and-mortar stores, this book integrates assortment and merchandise thinking and takes a human and shopper perspective. With practical frameworks that can easily be implemented in real-life situations along with examples from a number of retail sectors, Assortment and Merchandising Strategy provides a deeper and much-needed understanding of how shoppers process information, and the strategies that retailers must adopt in order to satisfy and retain their customers.

Product Assortment and Consumer Choice

Product Assortment and Consumer Choice
Author: Alexander Chernev
Publisher: Now Pub
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781601985347

Product Assortment and Consumer Choice: An Interdisciplinary Review examines existing literature and builds on the current theoretical developments across different research domains to develop a set of research propositions delineating the impact of product assortment on consumer choice. Taking a consumer's perspective to examine how product assortment influences decision making and choice, this monograph defines the consumer aspect of assortment research to answer three key questions. First, how do consumers perceive the variety of items in an assortment? The first part of this review examines factors that influence consumer perceptions of the variety of an assortment. In particular, it investigates how factors such as assortment size, the degree of distinctiveness of assortment options, the dispersion of option frequencies, and the organization of the assortment influence consumer perceptions of assortment variety. Second, how do consumers choose an item from a given assortment? The second part discusses factors that influence consumer choice of an item from a given assortment. It examines the impact of assortment size on the purchase likelihood from a given assortment, the number of options purchased, and the particular options chosen from the assortment. Third, how do consumers choose among assortments? The third part examines factors that influence consumer choice among assortments. In particular, it investigates how assortment size, assortment structure, and purchase quantity influence consumers' choice of an assortment. Conceptual analysis of the existing research in each of these three areas is summarized in a series of research propositions that integrate current findings and offer directions for future research. Product Assortment and Consumer Choice: An Interdisciplinary Review concludes with a discussion of the theoretical contributions and managerial implications of existing product assortment research and identify venues for further investigation.

Introduction to Retailing

Introduction to Retailing
Author:
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780702151651

This book identifies the key elements and components in starting a retail business. It is a known fact that there are a number of aspects that require attention in order to enhance the chances of success of the business. These issues, deemed to be essential in the running of a retail business, include the following: focusing on the customer; being in the right merchandise; selecting suppliers; stock control; pricing for profit; management of price changes; promoting sales; blending store activities for success. The book places the relevance and importance of these issues in perspective and in a practical way illustrates the application of the theory. Activities are used to explain certain concepts and a number of South African examples can be found in the book to illustrate certain principles. Introduction to Retailing is an easy-to-read book, and offers students and business people alike a hands-on approach to fundamental retail issues.

Berried in Chocolate

Berried in Chocolate
Author: Shari Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010-12-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781589808812

This down-to-earth, heartfelt business success story is designed to appeal to the ever-growing number of people who are drawn to home-based entrepreneurship and who are searching for successful role models. A dozen key lessons are illustrated with events from the author's personal and professional life in the field of luxury chocolate-dipped fruits.

Retail Category Management

Retail Category Management
Author: Alexander Hübner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642224776

Retail shelf management means cost-efficiently aligning retail operations with consumer demand. As consumers expect high product availability and low prices, and retailers are constantly increasing product variety and striving towards high service levels, the complexity of managing retail business and its operations is growing enormously. Retailers need to match consumer demand with shelf supply by balancing variety (number of products) and service levels (number of items of a product), and by optimizing demand and profit through carefully calibrated prices. As a result the core strategic decisions a retailer must make involve assortment sizes, shelf space assignment and pricing levels. Rigorous quantitative methods have emerged as the most promising solution to this problem. The individual chapters in this book therefore focus on three areas: (1) combining assortment and shelf space planning, (2) providing efficient decision support systems for practically relevant problem sizes, and (3) integrating inventory and price optimization into shelf management.

Introduction to Genetic Analysis

Introduction to Genetic Analysis
Author: Anthony J.F. Griffiths
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 872
Release: 2008
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780716768876

Provides an introduction to genetic analysis. This book covers contemporary genetics, and helps students understand the essentials of genetics, featuring various experiments, teaching them how to analyze data, and how to draw their own conclusions

Dictionary of Marketing Communications

Dictionary of Marketing Communications
Author: Norman A. P. Govoni
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780761927716

With over 4000 entries, including key terms and concepts covering advertising, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing, personal selling and e-marketing, this text reflects the changing dynamics of the marketing profession.

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Author: United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1964
Genre:
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Popular Science

Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1946-03
Genre:
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Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.