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5 Ways Department Stores Can Be More Efficient

Operations management for a large department store, especially for a chain of large department stores, can be quite a challenge. When you sell merchandise in many different product categories–such as sports, clothing, toys, furniture,...

What We Can Learn From Sears

The announcement that Sears has filed for bankruptcy is all over the news media. So are the various opinion pieces on what went wrong with this once-innovative American retail giant. Most of the opinions...

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Departmental Stores Have This Advantage

There is no question about the fact that the future for department stores has changed. Just like the rest of our culture, technology has made things possible that once were the stuff of fiction....

How Department Stores Can Win

This time of year is important for department stores because many shoppers will come into a store for the holiday shopping experience. They love the decorations and the gift ideas and the gift wrapping...

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Keep Your Core Customers With ChainDrive

There are some who feel that the department store is becoming obsolete. This isn’t actually true, but it could be if department store managers ignore their core customers when working to keep the store...