| A Short Retail
Industry Glossary |
i |
| Introduction
|
1 |
| How to use
this book |
3 |
| Chapter 1:
Major Trends Affecting the Retail Industry |
7 |
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1) Introduction to the Retail Industry |
7 |
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2) Wal-Mart Dominates as the World’s
Biggest Retailer, Heating Up Competition
and Driving Retail
Prices Down |
8 |
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3) Department Stores have Evolved into Giant
Apparel, Cosmetics and
Accessories Stores |
10 |
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4) Name Changes, Buyouts and Consolidation
Alter the Department Store
Landscape |
12 |
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5) Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve |
12 |
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6) Category-Killers Struggle to Keep Up With
Discounters |
14 |
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7) Sophistication and Success for Direct Marketers |
14 |
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8) Rise of Showcase Stores and Super-Merchandisers |
17 |
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9) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies
While Online Sales Boom |
18 |
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10) Retail Technologies Leap Ahead |
19 |
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11) Retailers Find New Markets in China While
India’s Retail Industry is Poised
for Enormous Growth |
23 |
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12) Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon Create New Ways
of Retailing |
23 |
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13) Entertainment-Based Retailing |
25 |
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14) Shopping Centers Continue to Develop and
Expand |
25 |
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15) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat |
27 |
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16) Kids’ Items Spark New Store Concepts |
27 |
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17) Luxury Items Move for Big Bucks |
28 |
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18) How to Interpret Reports of Retail Sales |
28 |
| Chapter 2:
Retail Industry Statistics |
31 |
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U.S. Retail Industry Overview |
32 |
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Annual Growth in U.S. Retail Sales: 1994-2005 |
33 |
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Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales: Total
and E-Commerce |
34 |
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U.S. Retail and Food Services Sales, by Kinds
of Businesses: 2000-2004 |
35 |
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U.S. Retail and Food Services Sales, by Kinds
of Businesses: Monthly, Through September 2005 |
37 |
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U.S. Shopping Centers At A Glance: 1980-2004 |
39 |
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Monthly Distribution of Non-Anchor Tenant
Sales, U.S. Malls, 2004 |
40 |
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Ten Largest Shopping Centers, U.S., 2005 |
41 |
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Projected Large Shopping Center Openings,
U.S.: 2005-2006 |
42 |
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Types of U.S. Shopping Centers |
43 |
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U.S. Exports, General Imports and Trade Balance
in Goods: 1980-2004 |
44 |
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Total U.S. Disposable Income, Expenditures
and Gross Domestic and National Product Per Capita: 1960-2005 |
45 |
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Distribution of Total U.S. Annual Household
Expenditures, by Major Category, 2005 (Estimates) |
46 |
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Average Annual U.S. Household Expenditures:
1999-2004 |
47 |
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U.S. Resident Population Estimates, by Age:
1998-2010 |
48 |
| Chapter 3:
Important Retail Industry Contacts |
49 |
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(Addresses, Phone Numbers and World Wide
Web Sites) |
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| Chapter 4:
THE RETAIL 500: |
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Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
|
73 |
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Industry List, With Codes |
74 |
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Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups
|
76 |
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Alphabetical Index |
89 |
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Geographic Indexes |
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Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State |
93 |
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Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by
Country |
98 |
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Index by Regions of the U.S. Where THE RETAIL
500 Have Locations |
99 |
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Index by Firms with Operations Outside the
U.S. |
115 |
| Individual
Data Profiles on Each of THE RETAIL 500 |
119 |
| Additional
Indexes |
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Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities |
602 |
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Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected
Affiliations |
603 |
