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ISBN 1-59392-721-5
PDF $99.99
42 Pages
December 2005
This report is a summary of our popular Plunkett's
Retail Industry Almanac, 2005 edition. It includes an analysis
of retail industry trends and technologies, along with current
and historical retail industry statistics. 1) Introduction
to the Retail Industry, 2) Wal-Mart Dominates as the World’s
Biggest Retailer, Heating Up Competition and Driving Retail
Prices Down, 3) Department Stores have Evolved into Giant
Apparel, Cosmetics and Accessories Stores, 4) Name Changes,
Buyouts and Consolidation Alter the Department Store Landscape,
5) Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve, 6) Category-Killers
Struggle to Keep Up With Discounters, 7) Sophistication
and Success for Direct Marketers, 8) Rise of Showcase Stores
and Super-Merchandisers, 9) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs
Create Synergies While Online Sales Boom, 10) Retail Technologies
Leap Ahead, 11) Retailers Find New Markets in China While
India’s Retail Industry is Poised for Enormous Growth,
12) Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon Create New Ways of Retailing,
13) Entertainment-Based Retailing, 14) Shopping Centers
Continue to Develop and Expand, 15) Malls Morph to Stay
Afloat, 16) Kids’ Items Spark New Store Concepts,
17) Luxury Items Move for Big Bucks, 18) How to Interpret
Reports of Retail Sales.
