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The term product assortment refers to the combination of both product breadth and depth. The main characteristics of a company's product assortment are: [4] (1) the length or number of products lines the number of different products carried by a store (2) the breadth refers to the variety of product lines that a store offers.
The retail life cycle: from the small one-off store to the largest leading chains, every business size has its advantages and challenges.(State of the Industry). (2006). Chain Store Age, 82(8). [3] Sun, L., Kay, R., & Chew, M. (2009). Development of a retail life cycle: the case of Hong Kong's department store industry.
Assortment plan is a trade-off between the breadth and depth of products that a retailer wishes to carry. Assortment optimization refers to the problem of selecting a set of products to offer to a group of customers to maximize the revenue that is realized when customers make purchases according to their preferences.
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The retail format (also known as the retail formula) influences the consumer's store choice and addresses the consumer's expectations. At its most basic level, a retail format is a simple marketplace , that is; a location where goods and services are exchanged.
The industry standard model for category management in retail is the 8-step process, or 8-step cycle developed by the Partnering Group. [11] The eight steps are shown in the adjacent diagram; they are : Define the category (i.e. what products are included/excluded). Define the role of the category within the retailer. Assess the current ...
Just as you would describe a physical object like a piece of lumber using standard characteristics (e.g., height, width, depth), a supply chain requires standard characteristics to be described. Without these characteristics it is extremely difficult to compare an organization that chooses to be the low-cost provider against an organization ...
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