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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Retail landscape"”.
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StreetSmart: Reinventing Retail Through Smarter Small Business
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail market in U.S. cities was widely acknowledged to be overbuilt by about one billion square feet¹. The wave of lockdowns and restrictions on retail operations further exacerbated the distress in the retail market, with bankrupt major retail chains closing …
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Top Retailers in the United States: A Changing Landscape of Space Demand in a Post-COVID Era
The retail sector in the United States has been undergoing a paradigm shift, predominantly driven by digitalization and further accelerated by the disruptive forces of the pandemic. This study examines the dynamic space needs of top retailers in the U.S. within the context of the post-COVID era. …
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Using factory-level digital tools to improve quality and productivity in garment factories
The retail landscape is rapidly changing as evolving consumer habits are resulting in smaller batch quantities and shorter lead times, requiring Li & Fung to have a more digitally connected, nimble vendor base. Li & Fung uses a supplier network of thousands of garment factories around the world, …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of activity-based costing for costefficiency in South Africa Retailers
In today’s highly competitive retail landscape, cost efficiency remains a critical determinant of long-term sustainability. Despite significant advancements in cost accounting techniques, many South African retailers still rely on traditional volumebased costing methods that inadequately reflect …
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Advancing Replenishment Efficiency Utilizing Unit of Measure and Planogram Settings
… Target has experienced many changes in the retail landscape. The rapid sales growth and significant transition to online shopping has stressed the limits of their distribution network, exposing some of the weaknesses of the existing supply chain. Despite the industry changes, Target remains …
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Bridging the gap: factors driving retail analytics adoption in traditional retail businesses
… investigates how South Africa's traditional retail sector adopts advanced analytics amid infrastructural, cultural, and economic constraints. Guided by the Technology Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework and Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) theory, it addresses a critical gap in …
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Big box, no more quick fixes : a historical account of consumption, retail and discount shopping typologies
… are related to, or directly involved in the retail business. The conditions which led to this phenomenon are rooted in the fundamental precepts of capitalism, national growth and social welfare. European retail entrepreneurs worked with manufacturers at the onset of mass-production to …
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Global versus local brands in South Africa: an empirical analysis of consumer perceptions
… brands, which has placed pressure on the local retail landscape. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in perception among millennial consumers in South Africa between a global and a local fashion retail brand. Millennials are considered to be …
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Investigating challenges brought about the Walmart/Massmart merger in South Africa
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management Sciences in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.