10 Retail Pricing Strategies
10 Retail Pricing Strategies that increase profitability There are many factors that influence the bottom line of your retail business, including the right price for your products that hit the maximization of your unit sales without sacrificing profit per unit. It’s crucial to understand your cost structure in order to choose the right pricing strategy, […]
Store Brands
Store Brands an affordable business concept for retailers If we talk about store brands, most people think of supermarkets. Therefore, we use supermarkets to illustrate the concept of launching your own store brand. Every supermarket puts corporate brands in its shelves from suppliers and companies that are well-known by brand affine customers. Hence, a supermarket […]
Business Expansion
Business Expansion as major drive towards success Every company aims at success in order to make profit, unless you are a non-profit organisation. In general, a business starts somewhere, the so called „start-up“ or related to time „start-up stage“. Before even getting your business idea to the start-up stage it is crucial to determining criteria […]
Opportunity Analysis
Opportunity Analysis the underestimated component of your business plan Every company and individual has opportunities lying in front of them. That means, individuals have opportunities like becoming finance analyst or sales manager. The process of choosing a profession and the variables that weigh for making that decision is the so called „opportunity analysis“. Companies use […]
Real Cost of Inventory
The Real Cost of Inventory What does dead inventory truly cost? We talked already about traditional warehouses that serve manufacturers and wholesalers. For a long time they had been seen as buffer within the supply chain and then have evolved to vital links of distribution centres, situated closer to end customers. But whether it’s traditional […]
Freight Consolidation
Freight Consolidation an opportunity in the procurement process The purpose of freight consolidation is to take various shipping arrangements a business engages in and pull them into one system which is conducted by third party logistics companies. Truck Load Shipments The costs of a truck per mile are always the same regardless of what is […]
Drop-Shipping
Drop-Shipping a distribution strategy for your e-commerce business Drop-shipping is a type of distribution strategy mainly used by small to medium sized companies, a retail fulfillment method where retailers do not store products themselves. If retailers sell products to end customers, they purchase it from the manufacturer directly or from distributors and let it ship […]
Digital Culture Mindset
Digital Culture Mindset as pre-condition to determine success If we talk about the importance of digitalization for companies, we find three types of behavioural patterns: 1. Passive Implementation The global online market is a result of the implementation of digitalization and technology in business processes, a permanent evolution of the market itself. Companies of this […]