Retail Marketing Notes
Budgeting

Operating a Retail Business


An Operations Blueprint

Inventory Management Decisions


Figure 15.1 The Process for Implementing Merchandise Plans

Figure 15.2 A Competition Shopping Report

Logistics


Supply Chain Management


Transportation and Warehousing


Problems Balancing Inventory Levels


Benefits of Financial Merchandise Plans


Retail Budgeting Decisions

Table 16.8 Handy Hardware Store, 2003 Sales by Month

Table 16.9 Handy Hardware Store, 2004 Sales Forecast by Month

How much Stock do I need to be in Business?

Table 16.1 Handy Hardware Store Profit-and-Loss Statement

Benefits of Financial Merchandise Plans
 

Table 16.2 Handy Hardware Store Perpetual Inventory System

Planning Computations

Formulas


What is Open to Buy?

Planned Profit Margins Consideration of Stockouts and EOQ


Stock Turnover

Figure 16.6a How Stockouts May Occur

Figure 16.7 Economic Order Quantity

Tracking Stock Turnover

Table 16.7 Handy Hardware Store, A Simple Sales Forecast Using Product Control Units

Shopper Expectations Also have an Impact

How Much Stock Should We have on Hand? Ways That Retailers Can Deter Employee and Shopper Theft Ways That Retailers Can Deter Employee and Shopper Theft Ways That Retailers Can Deter Employee and Shopper Theft Store Security