Retailers are in difficult times. The recession, global competition, government regulation and the growth of the internet mean that costs are rising but margins are increasingly squeezed. Cor Molenaar's Shopping 3.0 offers an engaging, convincing and well-researched manifesto fo…
Customers don't come into a shop because they have to, because they have no choice; they enter a shop voluntarily because it's is practical or attractive or fun! Shops are not yet written off and retailers are not practicing an ancient craft, but there is a lot that needs to be …
"Ephemeral stores, also known as pop-up stores, have existed since the beginning of trade between consumers. They appeared in city centres, villages or other convenient places where they proposed an offering and then disappear as soon as its offering is wearied. This is a very s…
"Ephemeral stores, also known as pop-up stores, have existed since the beginning of trade between consumers. They appeared in city centres, villages or other convenient places where they proposed an offering and then disappear as soon as its offering is wearied. This is a very s…
"Ephemeral stores, also known as pop-up stores, have existed since the beginning of trade between consumers. They appeared in city centres, villages or other convenient places where they proposed an offering and then disappear as soon as its offering is wearied. This is a very s…
"The retail sector is an integral part of a national economy. From the political economy perspective, all consumer goods have surplus values locked up in them; the surplus values are not realized until the consumer goods are purchased by consumers through various distribution ch…
"The retail sector is an integral part of a national economy. From the political economy perspective, all consumer goods have surplus values locked up in them; the surplus values are not realized until the consumer goods are purchased by consumers through various distribution ch…
"Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just the tip of the iceberg for the subscription model. The real transformation...and the real opportunity...is just beginning"...
The huge expansion of new marketplaces and new retailers over the last fifty years has created a retail revolution. These large and globally sophisticated retailers have harnessed the new technologies in communications and logistics to build consumer markets around the world and…
In 11 chapters by leading scholars, 'The Market Makers' provides a detailed but highly readable analysis of how retailers have become the leading drivers of the new global economy.