Tag Archives: Retail

Brick and mortar stores using ecommerce tricks

Posted on August 12, 2015 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (August 12, 2015) titled “Web retailers Teach In-store Tricks” describes Macy’s display of one item each of swimsuits, with shoppers using an app to get their size to try on. Freeing up the … Continue reading →

Posted in competitiveness, consumer, Cost, product, retailers, Service Operations | Tagged Cost, Ecommerce, Inventory, lead time, Retail, Risk, Service, Supply Chain, Web retailers | 5 Comments

France’s laws to protect bookshops

Posted on July 11, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the International Herald Tribune (July 10,2014) titled “The French do buy books. Real books”, describes two French laws, the “Lang Law” that says that book prices cannot be discounted more than 5%, and a new rule that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Service Operations | Tagged books, competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, France, regulation, Retail, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

The supply chain for cordovan leather and shoe prices and availability impact

Posted on May 24, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal on May 24, 2014 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303468704579572141307216318?mg=reno64-wsj) titled “Cordovan Shoes for Men Play Even Harder to get”, describes the over $2400 price points and six month wait times for cordovan leather shoes. The leather is … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, Consumers, cordovan leather, Cost, lead time, manufacturing, Retail, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Can Walmart get store customers to deliver online orders ?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article published by Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-retail-walmart-delivery-idUSBRE92R03820130328) titled “Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers”, describes an idea where store customers could sign up to deliver orders to customers in their route in return for a discount on … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, crowdsourced, delivery, Ecommerce, instore customers, Retail, Risk, Supply Chain, transport, WalMart | 1 Comment

Will Stihl’s strategy of sales through small dealers sustainable ?

Posted on April 26, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 28, 2014) titled “Big-box Cutter” describes Stihl’s strategy to sell chain saws through small dealers, avoiding big box sales or internet sales. By selling through small dealers for whom they account for a significant portion … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Consumers, Cost, independent dealers, repair, Retail, Service, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Will buyers paying a penny a pound more for tomatoes help farm workers ?

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in ozy.com (January 16,2014) titled “A Penny a Pound and so much more”, describes the push by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to get buyers like Taco Bell, Subway, McDonalds, WalMart and Whole Foods to pay a penny … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, labor cost, Margins, Retail, Supply Chain, tomato | 1 Comment

State laws regarding beer distribution and impact on small breweries

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (March 30, 2014) titled “Free Craft Beer!” describes the franchise rule in many US states that requires beer manufacturers to choose one distributor in a state to distribute their product. The absence of … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged availability, beer, competition, Consumers, Cost, distributor, regulation, Retail, Supply Chain, US | 20 Comments

Centralized vs decentralized last mile delivery models in New York City

Posted on January 18, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street. Journal (December 21,2013) titled titled “Delivery goes Hi-Tech” describes Hobsons, a delivery service with its own vans that does 300 trips a day currently, and Postmates, a decentralized service provider that broadcasts request to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Efficiency, Retail, Service, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Tracking consumers and adjusting inventory locations to improve retail performance

Posted on December 9, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Hot at the Mall:Heat Maps to Track Shoppers” (December 9,2013) describes heat sensor technology and cell phone tracking software used by retailers to identify shoppers routes through the store, bottlenecks, and products … Continue reading →

Posted in competitiveness, consumer, Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, technology | Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Efficiency, emb, imm, Retail, Risk, tracking | 24 Comments

Retail Inventory of “Doc McStuffins” toys and impact

Posted on December 9, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek titled “This Christmas, Disney’s Doctor is In” (December 9, 2013) describes the quadrupling of retail shelf space for the Disney Toy Doc McStuffins – a toy girl that fixed broken toys, has a medical doctor mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Consumers, Inventory, Retail, Risk, stockouts, Supply Chain, toy | 2 Comments