Category Archives: Retail Sector
Organisational structure influences on the controller roles: A cross case study between six organisations in the clothing industry
Increasing competition has led to a large interest for management control and leadership in Sweden. The controller’s role has changed from just including number crunching tasks to become more market and customer oriented. Therefore the use of controllers today is [...]
Filed under Finance, Free Cases, Industry Specific Cases, Retail Sector
Adapting to the New Retail Market: A real Challenge!!!
The current market is asking retailers some difficult questions—ones their existing processes and tools can’t answer. It takes a mix of science, retail intelligence, and merchandising art to ensure that every store in a supply chain carries the right inventory, [...]
Zara Clothing : Setting Standards in Inventory Management
The middle aged mother buys cloths at Zara because they are cheap, while her daughter in the mid 20s buys Zara clothing because it is fashionable. Zara has truly been a case study that is setting benchmarks in the retail [...]
Strategic Management: A Case study of Walmart Inc
In any organization, strategy management is the key to its success. There are many theories based on this assumption that without a proper strategy and planning, it is difficult for any industry to survive irrespective of its size. It is [...]
Pantaloon: ERP in retail
More than eight years after it forayed into the retail business, Pantaloon Retail decided to implement SAP to keep itself competitive in the rapidly growing Indian retail market. Store operations have never been as important to retailers as they are [...]
Filed under Computers and IT, CRM, ERP, MIS, Retail Sector