Competing In Tough Times: Business Lessons From L.l.bean, Trader Joe's, Costco, And Other World-class Retailers
by Barry Berman /
2010 / English / EPUB, Mobipocket
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Competing in Tough Times
Competing in Tough Times brings together the powerful new
strategies that world-class retailers, like Trader Joe’s, Costco,
and Nordstrom, are using today to survive--and thrive--in a
brutally unforgiving retail environment. Internationally
respected retail management expert Barry Berman shows retailers
and their suppliers exactly how to build effective strategies
based on cost and differentiation, plan and implement those
strategies, and measure the results.
brings together the powerful new
strategies that world-class retailers, like Trader Joe’s, Costco,
and Nordstrom, are using today to survive--and thrive--in a
brutally unforgiving retail environment. Internationally
respected retail management expert Barry Berman shows retailers
and their suppliers exactly how to build effective strategies
based on cost and differentiation, plan and implement those
strategies, and measure the results.
Berman offers detailed coverage of implementing strategies based
on becoming the low-cost provider and minimizing product
proliferation; enhancing the service experience; developing and
maintaining a strong private label program; and more.
Berman offers detailed coverage of implementing strategies based
on becoming the low-cost provider and minimizing product
proliferation; enhancing the service experience; developing and
maintaining a strong private label program; and more.
To support each approach, he presents full-length examples from
retailers covering every market sector, from consumer goods to
apparel to technology. He thoroughly examines top retailers such
as Aldi, Amazon.com, L.L. Bean, Publix, Stew Leonard's, Wegman's,
and Whole Foods, and shares powerful insights drawn from the
experiences of other leaders--from Au Bon Pain to Best Buy,
Family Dollar to Target, Tesco to Walgreen.
To support each approach, he presents full-length examples from
retailers covering every market sector, from consumer goods to
apparel to technology. He thoroughly examines top retailers such
as Aldi, Amazon.com, L.L. Bean, Publix, Stew Leonard's, Wegman's,
and Whole Foods, and shares powerful insights drawn from the
experiences of other leaders--from Au Bon Pain to Best Buy,
Family Dollar to Target, Tesco to Walgreen.
