Retail Industry Essay

Since I was little, I always knew that I wanted to be a part of the fashion industry in some way or form. So, as I got older I decided to take on the path of becoming a fashion merchandiser. Though that path has not been easy, I knew that being a Fashion Merchandiser was a right fit. Fashion Merchandising is defined as the promotion of apparel sales and evolves the tasks necessary to deliver the clothing requests and meet the needs of designers and customers. A Fashion Merchandiser can determine future style trends and must have a strong sense of style. Understanding what people want is what makes any fashion brand successful, especially a Fashion Merchandiser. Deciding to become a Fashion Merchandiser has led me on to the right path in which

National Stores started in 1962 by Joseph Fallas in a single downtown Los Angeles store as Fallas Paredes. The current CEO of National Stores is Joseph, son, Michael Fallas, who began to work as a stocker boy at the age five. The National Stores Inc., is a family-owned company headquartered in the Harbor Gateway of Los Angeles, California, they have more than 350 locations in twenty-two locations in Puerto Rico. The National Stores Inc. does business as Fallas Paredes Discount Stores, Factory 2-U, Conway, CW Price and Anna 's Linen 's by Fallas. Not only does this company have a wide selection of home goods and décor, but it also offers brand name and private label clothing for men, ladies, boys, girls, juniors, infants and toddlers along with lingerie, shoes and household items.

The first Target store was opened in Roseville, Minnesota in 1962. The company began its’ path towards development in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. Dayton was a partner in Goodfellow’s Dry goods Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He quickly bought out his partners and became the founder of Dayton Dry Goods Company. In 1968, Dayton acquired the JL Hudson department store thereby changing his founding name to Dayton Hudson Corporation.

I conducted a phone interview with, Joseph Hladiuk the store manager of the Macys in Robinson Township. Joseph has been the working at Macy’s for over 15 years and has been the store manager for about 5 years now. As the store manager, Joe is directly involved with some of the Human Resource functions and HR is a key component to their business because the organization thrives off of its employees.

In this paper, I will discuss the use of research within Macy’s department store and some of the different ways and, they might be, able to use research to help with the problems

My professor Evie Adomait at the University of Guelph wrote an interesting book that I am currently reading now called Cocktail Economics. As you might have guessed the book informs people about economics but is set up in a way that is suitable even for a common man. As the author mentioned in the book her main goal of the book is to inform people who think they know about economics but are actually misinformed. The authors have added an interesting and fun tone throughout the book to keep the reader entertained. The author begins the book with a story, a common story that always takes place at a cocktail party, as you. might have guessed it by the title. The books goal is to entertain its readers and interest them in the idea of the economic thought process. The book Cocktail Party

Brush, M. (2011, November 15). MSN Investing money. How Target is gaining on Wal-Mart. Retrieved September 17, 2013, from money.msn.com/how-to-invest/how-target-is-gaining-on-wal-mart-brush.aspx?page=2

I have one question regarding the retail merchandising minor. Am I not eligible to pick up a retail merchandising minor since I am a student in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences? If not, is there a possible reason for an exception since I know I can potentially see myself in a retail merchandising career after

Present day Federated consists of both Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s stores and operates in 34 states as well as Guam and Puerto Rico. While Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s provide both private and national brands and are similar in merchandising categories (men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, home décor, shoes, beauty, and accessories), they differ greatly in culture. Bloomingdale’s, being more upscale, targets consumers that are more concerned with trend and quality than they are price. Macy’s targets the more value oriented consumer and represents a broader Federated clientele. Macy’s represents 423 of the 459 Federated locations while Bloomingdale’s represents only 36 locations. Because I can

In United Stated of America, Target Corporation is the second largest discount store retailer and the founder of this corporation is George Dayton. This corporation focuses on “expect more ,pay less” concept for their products. Moreover they provide facilities to their costumers as well, while making online sales, which is easier to buy things from home.

The National Retail Federation is the Nation’s largest retail group with over 18,000 member-companies. The NRF represents 1.6 million companies and over 24 million employees. It makes sense since retail is one of the largest industries in the world. Retail accounts for 1 in 4 jobs in the United States and contributes over 2.6 Trillion to the annual GDP. The NRF has several different things it does, like many other special interest groups. It mainly serves as a voice for the retail industry. With over 10 different interests residing in fields from Chain Restaurants, Finance and Global Issues, to Legal, Small Business, and Technology. They are a voice for every type of retail, and anything that is directly affected by retail. Since their

End of Retail is your solution to getting something out of the ordinary when it comes to jewelry and accessories. If you are bored or seeing and shopping for the same old traditional pieces of jewelry, come to End of Retail for jewelry items with a twist and at affordable prices. Apart from jewelry pieces, the store also features a wide range of beauty and make up products and also many pieces that are especially designed to support various causes such as Breast Cancer Awareness, Autism Awareness, and for special occasions.

     In order to analyze an industry, it is important to determine where it is in the industry lifecycle. During the 1970’s and 1980’s the retail grocery industry was expanding at a phenomenal rate. Throughout this boom period, the number of large grocery stores was rising and forcing the existing” Mom and Pop” grocery stores out of the industry.

The recognized giants in today’s discount retail market are Wal-Mart, Sears, Roebuck and Company, and Target, and this paper compares Wal-Mart and Target. As the competition stiffens to capture market niches, these two organizations are heading for a showdown. This work demonstrates distinctive differences in company culture, promotion within the organization, lofty goal setting, and leadership styles between these two organizations. Although this paper shows a definite competitive advantage for the Wal-Mart organization, it will also demonstrate that Target

Technology provides many benefits to the retail industry and its managers; it also has drawbacks. Implementing new technologies presents learning curves for managers, staff, and team members and introduces new areas of risk (Davis, 2007). Some team members can be resistant to changes causing retailers to lose time