Nobody would deny that retailing has gotten tougher in the past few years, but equally so, brands have learned that if they can create some degree of emotional engagement (in additional to the rational stuff like merchandise range, fair pricing strategies, and customer service), they are bound to see positive behavior toward the brand.
To keep her business healthy, she says, she is trying to make adjustments like buying less merchandise.
An online store sells real "MU" merchandise like hoodie sweatshirts and window decals.
It encourages sales of merchandise like food, generators and water as customers plan for days without power or access to groceries.
From toting best rate guarantees to giving away high dollar merchandise like iPads, aggressive sales tactics are constantly being invented by the industry to attract new customers.
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Bringing in new merchandise like the Joe Fresh clothing line and more exclusive brands for a younger shopper, adding boutiques within the stores, modernizing the home department and creating new marketing were all sorely needed.
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"They're starting to lay out stores differently, with better merchandise like private label food and more brand-name apparel, " says Dreher, who also stressed that a more decentralized approach to inventory management figures will help Wal-Mart do a better job stocking stores based on local tastes in each market.
About 90% of Best Buy shoppers in both time frames said they like the selection of merchandise they encountered.
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On top of that there are outside merchandise sales like calendars, too.
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Furthermore, the merchandise looked like Karl had designed it.
So far that vision has worked and Lions Gate has become the leader of the rich young-adult and teenager segment, building steady revenue streams coming from sources like home video and merchandise.
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Merchandise will sell like hotcakes as well.
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This means retailers will be able to offer German customers Amazon.com-like discounts on an array of merchandise.
This will compel people to spend more on concessions, merchandise, and the like.
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Full disclosure: I bought into these collaborations and others like them although most of the merchandise I purchased rarely made it out of the closet.
"Toy Story"-related merchandise is coming soon (like tomorrow) to a mall near you.
They want to touch the merchandise, make sure they like the feel of the fabric, and insure that the garment will fit.
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Shoppers who treated JCPenney like a treasure hunt for dramatically marked down merchandise are now running to competitors with stacks of coupons.
But they also contain scores of swanky shops selling saris and other Indian-made merchandise as well as trendy restaurants like the vegetarian thali palace Rajdahni.
The fact is, companies that play it fast-and-loose with one area of their operations--like financial reporting--are probably inclined to do the same in areas near and dear to shoppers' hearts--like product quality, truth in advertising and merchandise returns policies.
Even on race day, the most crowded of the annual events held here (there are also NASCAR and Motorcycle races), you can move pretty freely around the place, which has a county fair-like ambiance, with plenty of food, merchandise and booze stands and trailers everywhere you turn.
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Sports fan metrics like these always correlate highly with viewership and purchase of licensed merchandise.
The designer merchandise will appeal to the aspirational customer who would like some special gifts from this holiday boutique.
It has become such a big business in fact that professional sports leagues like the NFL have sued smaller companies for the rights to produce merchandise with team logos.
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After signing superstars like David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid saw their income from merchandise explode (despite limited success on the pitch), peaking at 45% of revenues in 2005.
On a like-for-like basis, food sales rose 0.3% but sales of general merchandise dropped 3.8%.
JCPenney is having one of its best days in quite a while as the stock price pops on new merchandise, the return of sales and a rumor of an REIT-like transformation.
Mixed in with the opportunistic merchandise are 600 items that the store manager must keep always in stock, like batteries, mouthwash and cotton balls.
Managers like to bring back such "floaters, " Butler said, because they already know the merchandise and don't require any training.
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