Mirvish's Discount Store History

In New York City, it is very fast paced with individuals trying to get from one destination to another. The shops we enter are no longer about only buying products, but customers want an experience. The experience is having more services offered to customers, they don't just want to buy pants anymore, they want food offered in the store. One of the many shops doing this is Barnes & Noble, a bookstore company that is changing our experience in bringing a community together. Barnes & Noble has created this "community bookstore" by adding a Starbucks and hosting special events for customers. Barnes & Noble has become a social setting for consumers, where our experiences in bookstores have changed.

In early 1960 Dayton Department Store Company decides to launch a new discount chain store. They announced that “the new store, will combine the best of the fashion world with the best of the discount world, a quality store with quality merchandise at discount prices, and a discount supermarket… 75 departments in all.” (Target, 2016)

When the Tatelman brothers took over the business, they changed their mode of advertising. They realized that by limiting their advertising to newspapers, they were potentially missing out on a whole demographic of people that needed furniture, which would be 18-34 year olds. This demographic was starting to move out on their own, starting families, and needed furniture. By moving from newspapers to funny radio ads and later funny TV ads, Barry and Eliot were able to draw in more customers, especially the demographic they were targeting (Iacobucci, 2013). Before they started to add in the extra shopping experiences, they had customers waiting to get into their third store. Once they added the entertainment portions of the store, they were able to draw in more customers. Even if the customer is only there to take part in the entertainment aspect of the store, which is in the back of every store, they do have to walk through the showroom first. By walking through the showroom a first time customer could see a room design or one piece of furniture that catches their eye. Each customer has a different shopping experience, whether it be at one store or multiple Jordan’s Furniture

Helen’s is an upmarket fashion boutique store in Sydney’s east. Falling sales have been reflected by surveys that reveal consumers view the business as outdated and no longer relevant to consumers’ needs. Strong competition in the area has placed considerable pressure on pricing. The business’s target market, 50-65 year old females, no longer dominated the now younger demographic character of the area.

James Ellis, the senior vice president of Hall Consolidated and president of Hi-Value supermarkets, must decide whether to pursue an everyday low pricing (EDLP) strategy at its three Centralia MO locations. After much analysis, I believe that my recommendation would be for Superior stores (Hi-Value) to most definitely adopt this new method. First let’s look into some details about Hi-Value, and their competition:

This building backs onto Humber River which provides multiple trails for hiking and biking, which are fantastic options for free entertainment and could also serve as a great source of exercise for adults and children. Major highways are only minutes away and offer a short drive into Downtown Toronto. Multiple TTC stops are located within walking distance which opens up opportunity to the family. In a nearby plaza there is a supermarket, pharmacy, video store and other amenities. Within walking distance there is a day care center that provides day care for young children and both before and after school programs. Suites are renovated and spacious with newly installed windows. Parking and water is included in their

Marshall Field’s designed a personal shopper assistance program called Tip to Toe shop (107). These assistances helped put together an entire outfit, with pieces collected throughout the store (107). Shoppers didn’t even have to be in the store to benefit from this program (107). One customer was so pleased with her shipped ensemble, that she invited her personal shopper to her husband’s inaugural ball (107). The staff would also help customers with a short budget, find good quality attire that was not couture (105). In result, shoppers benefitted largely from the staff at Marshall

Once we have succeeded in our mission to promote shopping locally even more, “for rent/sale” signs and vacant buildings will be a scarcity. In their places will be store fronts with friendly faces there to greet you at the door and help you find just what you were looking for, whether it be for yourself or someone you love. Main Street will be buzzing with activity. Shoppers will be carrying around their purchases in colorful bags, enjoying a conversation with their close friends and family, and experiencing just what Pratt was missing; the feeling of community. And with all of the fun and exciting events, they will remember the joys of shopping rather than the hassle it can cause.

Beth Veeder has managed Meyers Department Store since September of 2012, offering Watford high quality clothing, accesories and design. The building next door went up for sale and she knew she had to make the purchase. As soon as the purchase was made, they started training right away in the postal service because they knew it was something they would want to keep. Not to mention, the post office boxes create a great appeal to the shop alone.

Michaels is a retail store that specializes in arts and crafts supplies. I do not create artistic projects often, so I chose Michael’s because I knew I could perform an unbiased observation. As a result, I observed Michael’s in Chino Hills, California on October 16, 2016. After I observed the store’s exterior, the store’s overall layout and design, and stores’ customers, I concluded that the store is successful in encouraging consumption.

AIMCO initiated an estimated $120 million redevelopment project upgrading the property. However, unlike Coreplus, the targeted market does not include students. Instead the focus is on an increased share of urban professionals and “displaced urbanites” (Developmental Strategies. (2015, p. 60). The suspected strategy will reduce the cycle of academic year turnover and its associated expenses as well as the general issues associated with college age youths. AIMCO indicate that market “rents [were] above underwriting” (AIMCO, 2016) expectations with 600 SF studio starting at $1,800 and 1400 SF 3-bedrooms peaking at $3,600 (Park Towne Place Premier, 2016). This was clearly a bold move in the wake of rising vacancies nationally in higher-end metropolitan units given the seemingly built-in student base, but time will tell.

Do you have any plan to replace signs at the intersection of LVB and Tropicana Ave., specifically the big destination signs hanged on the pedestrian bridge structures? Please see attached photo.

In October 2015, the SHARP Foundation secured the services of Habitus Consulting Collective to conduct internal scans of SHARP facilities; engage various community partners and stakeholders through community consultations; and review the goals and vision of the SHARP Foundation, to help support the strategic assessment, development and implementation of Beswick House 2.0. The SHARP Foundation has also been working hard to secure funding, and establish partnerships with other community organization to support the needs of this new facility. Slowly, but surely, Beswick House 2.0 is taking shape. This dream is beginning to take the form of a

I was recently in your one of your stores last Tuesday on the day of 5/3/2016. I had walked in to cashiers greeting me left and right and asking me if I needed any help. I told them no because I didn’t know exactly what it was I was looking for yet. As I continued to look around I saw the nicest most classy dress shirt for $84.99 which I paid $85.00 for. I checked out the shirt thoroughly before I purchased it to make sure it had no rips in it, which it didn’t.

The recent recession has hurt the entire retail market and regaining profits will be a constant challenge for the entire industry. In order to remain competitive, Ann Krill states,” value and versatility have become very important. She needs an incentive to shop.” (Hymowitz, 2012) Ms. Krill goes on to say,” I think in uncertain economic times, value becomes more important...” (Hymowitz, 2012)