Category Archives: Retail Sector
Six Sigma Approach to Retail Operational Effectiveness
A major Fortune 100 institution adopted Iontas’ Focus software suite as part of its Six Sigma initiative to streamline front office operations for their retail customer service. Established in 6,200 retail locations and with over 50,000 workstations, this company handles [...]
Filed under Computers and IT, ERP, MIS, Operations, Retail Sector, Six Sigma
Mall Management : The need of 2010
Mall Management is one of the most crucial topics of recent times. It is proving to be the life line of the present Indian Retail Industry. From Positioning a Mall to Managing the Financials : Mall Management covers a wide [...]
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Filed under Industry Specific Cases, Retail Sector
Indian IT company fixed the supply chain loop holes of a US based Retail Chain
This cases deals with how an Indian IT company helps a US based Retail Chain to analyze, measure and remove it's supply chain problems. The client had issues with inventory management as well as the service level. So, they wanted [...]
Filed under Inventory Management, Operations, Retail Sector, Supply Chain
When Swedish High-End Apparel went "Online"
Six Swedish high-end apparel companies attributed as part of “the Swedish fashion wonder” with online distribution have been affected by six chosen factors. The six factors presented are extracted from previous studies and consist of customer relationships, intermediary relationships, pricing, [...]
The product life cycle and online fashion
ASOS.com is the UK's market leader in online fashion retailing. It offers own-label, branded fashion and designer goods. Its headquarters are in Camden Town in North London. ASOS.com originally stood for As Seen on Screen. The company was set up [...]
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Filed under Business Strategy, Industry Specific Cases, Marketing Mix, Online Marketing, Retail Sector
TESCO: A CASE STUDY IN SUPERMARKET EXCELLENCE
Tesco plc is a British international grocery and general merchandising retail chain founded by Jack Cohen in 1919. The brand first appeared after Cohen bought a shipment of tea from T.E. Stockwell and he used those initials and added the [...]
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Future Bazaar: is it taking us to the future of retailing?
The IAMAI report on Internet shopping shows that online shopping is an Rs.8000 Crore industry. So does that mean India is already on it’s way and this initiative from FB won’t be fundamentally altering the landscape?
Now because it is future [...]
Filed under Articles, Industry Specific Cases, Retail Sector
eBay Case Study : Leading the Virtual Market Space
eBay is the “The world’s Online Marketplace”, which is its positioning statement, and it means many things about the company’s identity. It enables trade on local, national and international basis, with a diverse and passionate community of individuals and small [...]
New Key to Success in Online Retail: Geography
Plenty of marketers pull mountains of data from the Web, such as search habits and online surveys, to figure out how to reach new customers. The assumption is that many of the retail rules that apply to physical stores don’t [...]
Filed under Marketing, Online Marketing, Retail Sector
How training and development supports business growth: Learn the TESCO way...
Tesco is the largest British retailer and is also the world's third largest grocery retailer with outlets across Europe, USA and Asia. The business began in 1919 with one man, Jack Cohen, selling groceries from a stall in the East [...]
Filed under Business Strategy, Free Cases, HR, Retail Sector