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the process by which goods and services are sold to the consumer
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adds and subtracts value from the offer through:
-their image,other
products,service,location,other policy
belong to the distribution channel
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| Retailing is a big business |
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1 out of every 5 workers work in the retail industry
1.2 million retail firms
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| The wheel-of-retailing hypothesis |
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new stores offer lower prices to compete over time they improve and increase prices.
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| The evolution of Retailing |
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The wheel-of-retailing hypothesis
The retail life cycle
Demographics
Technology
Globalization
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Introduction stage
Growth stage
Maturity stage
Decline stage
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new way of doing business profit are low
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retailer catches on and profits and sale increases and competition increases
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Competition get intense and profits decline
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Businesses become obsolete a new way of doing business enters the market and begins a new cycle.
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a new way to sell to diverse groups, focus on specific age segments and companies pay more attention to ethnic diversity.
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cart-top computers and more technology will enter the market
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companies are taking notices of different conditions and concepts
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By What they sell-merchandise mix
Level of Service
By Selection
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Self Service
Full Service
Limited Service
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customers are willing to perform their own locate, compare, and select process. Lower prices are offered
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the customer like waited on. Consumer are willing to pay more
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Provide some sale assistance. Shopping products
-Lay away, store credit card, Prices are middle range compared to the other two level of services.
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variety or the # of different product lines
-narrow-limited selection. (shoe store)
-broad- a wide range of products
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choices available in each product line
-shallow-selection is limited
-deep-a great deal of selection
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| Major Forms Retailers take |
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Convenience stores
Super markets
Specialty stores
Discounts stores
Departments stores
Hypermarkets
Category Killers
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Sales products at a lower price by selling higher volumes
-warehouse clubs
-Factory Outlet
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offer limited selection of brand name products at deep discounts to customers who pay membership fees (SAM's CLUB)
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Owned and ran by the manufacturer
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sell several product lines (SEARS)
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a huge superstar, often the size of 6 football fields. Popular in Europe and Asia. (Carrefour)
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a store that offers deep assortments in one category with knowledgeable staff (BEST BUY)
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Any method a firm uses to complete an exchange that doesn't require a customer visit to the store.
-Direct Selling
-Automatic Vending
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-Door to Door sales
-Party plan system-Tupperware party, sex toys party etc.
-Multilevel Network-A master distributor recruits other distributors
-Illegal Pyramid- people pay to advance in a company, profiting from others that might join.
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coin operated vending machines
IPOD vending machine
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| Business to Consumer E-commerce |
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Online exchange between companies and consumers.
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| Business to Consumer E-commerce: Benefits |
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Convenience, Coupons, Privacy,Easy Comparison,Variety,Less Hassle,Credit, Don't have to leave home.
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| Business to Consumer E-commerce: Limitations |
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Can't try product on, Don't always get what you wanted, shipping costs, no instant gratifications, Security, returning unwanted product is hard, Quality is questionable, Cannabalize in stores sales-only moving sales to a different channel not increasing them.
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| Virtual vs. traditional channels |
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Virtual channels will never completely replace traditional channels.
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| Effects of the future of Retailing |
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Virtual vs. traditional channels
Continued evolution
Total entertainment experienced
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in order to bring customer into stores
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Destination retailing-visiting store for total entertainment
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The way a retailer is perceived in the market place
-Atmospherics
-Store designs
-color, lighting,scents,furnishing,sounds,and any other design element
all come together to create a desired setting.
Store personnel
Pricing Policy
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Arrangement of merchandise that determine traffic flow
-Grid Layout
-free flow layout
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how shoppers move through the store
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rows of evenly spaced parallel shelves;encourages customers to move up and down aisles
(Grocery Stores)
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conducive to browsing different sections of merchandise
(clothing stores)
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Store layout
fixture type and merchandise density
The sound of music
Color of Lighting to set the mood
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relax customers to take their time and stay longer or make them wanna move more quickly
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Promote store image and customer services make or break a sale
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higher prices- higher quality
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Business Districts
Shopping Center
free Standing Retailers
Non-Traditional
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Traditional downtown area
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regular or strip mall- a group of stores this owned or managed by a single poperty
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Retailers located in their own building
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store trade area- the geographic zone that accounts for the majority of retailer sales.
-saturated
-under-stored
-over-stored
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(middle) enough stores to serve and satisfy customer needs.
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not enough stores to satisfy customer needs.
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to many retailers selling the same product
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