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Retail
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Pop-Up Retail" 
 Examples of the marketing trend of temporary retail manifestations. The site has "dubbed this trend 'pop-up retail,' as these initiatives have a tendency to pop up unannounced, quickly draw in the crowds, and then disappear or morph into something else, adding to retail the fresh feel, exclusivity and surprise" that galleries and theaters use. From trendwatching.com, "an independent and opinionated trend firm." http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/POPUP_RETAIL.htm Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Industries Last updated May 7, 2007 Balloon Resource Center
This website for balloon professionals features balloon artist profile (with images of their work), listings of new balloon products, industry news, "ask the distributor" interviews, balloon twisting instructions and ideas, and listings of industry events and classes. Also includes links to balloon industry associations, publications, and educational opportunities. From the producers of balloon industry conventions. http://www.balloonresourcecenter.com/ Topics: Industries Last updated Nov 26, 2007 Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Gangetic Bihar
Full text of a scholarly study that explores "colonial history through the venue of the bazaar [in the Gangetic Bihar area of India]." Topics include circuits of exchange and modes of transportation (often along the Ganges), rural places of exchange during the age of Gandhi, and merchants and markets from 1765-1947. Book published by University of California Press. http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft4779n9tq&brand=eschol Topics: History By Place, Industries Last updated Nov 22, 2008 The Center for Education and Research in Retailing
This site from Indiana University features a timeline with information relating to retail sales and retailing using the Internet (from the beginning of the 20th century through 2002), publications from the center, and links to related information. http://www.bus.indiana.edu/retail/ Topics: Industries Last updated Oct 7, 2005 Design of Desire
Website for a documentary "about buying and selling. About why we buy, how designers and marketers influence what we buy, and how individuals are using market ideas, tricks, and tools to market themselves." Features audio and transcript of the program, a "spendthrift-tightwad" survey, photo tour of retail design and photos of the American shopping experience, and feature articles about consumer behavior and marketing. From American RadioWorks. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/design/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Industries Last updated Nov 29, 2007 Etsy: The Storque
Blog from a forum for crafters to sell products online. Topics for entries include marketing, pricing, project ides, showcasing work, and potential purchases inspired by looks at individuals' interior decorations. Also includes process videos. http://www.etsy.com/storque/ Topics: Crafts, Industries Last updated Feb 24, 2009 Evolution of the Shopping Center
An illustrated timeline on the development of shopping centers in the United States. Features information about the antecedents of shopping centers, the creation of department stores, and the impact of automobiles. Includes links to related sites. From a history professor at the University of San Diego. http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/soc/shoppingcenter.html Topics: Business, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Industries Last updated Oct 12, 2004 Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program "examines the growing controversy over the Wal-Mart way of doing business and asks whether a single retail giant has changed the American economy." The companion Web site features essays (on topics such as Wal-Mart and China and Wal-Mart's low prices), interviews, a chronology, program transcripts and video, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/ Topics: Industries Last updated Jun 1, 2005 The Magnificent, the Merry and the Mundane: The Display Windows of Eaton's Department Store
This exhibit explores department store display windows, which "have been central to Canadian retailing since Timothy Eaton built Canada's first super-size department store in the 1880s." Topics include the history of Eaton's (founded as T. Eaton Company by Timothy Eaton), displays inspired by royalty, Christmas windows, and other window display trends through the history of the store. From the Archives of Ontario. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/eatons-windows/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Holidays & Observances, Industries Last updated Nov 7, 2008 Monthly & Annual Retail Trade
This site provides "current estimates of sales at retail and food services stores and inventories held by retail stores" in the United States. Reports "are released approximately 6 weeks after the close of the reference month. They contain preliminary figures for the current month and final figures for the prior 12 months." Includes data back to 1992. Also includes a FAQ and related information. From the Retail Indicators Branch, U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/retail/ Topics: Food & Cooking, Industries, Statistics Last updated Oct 14, 2009 Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA)
"The MSPA is the largest professional trade association dedicated to improving service quality using anonymous resources. ... [M]embership includes marketing research and merchandising companies, private investigation firms, training organizations and companies that specialize in providing mystery shopping services." Site provides material for businesses and shoppers in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Includes a list of members, information about becoming MSPA certified, employment listings, articles, scam alerts, and more. http://www.mysteryshop.org/ Topics: Industries Last updated Feb 27, 2008 National Retail Federation
This group "is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores," and more. Its site provides a list of advocacy efforts, resources to address issues facing the retail industry after September 11, 2001, retail industry news, list of top retailers throughout the world, and more. Some material only available to members. http://www.nrf.com Topics: Industries Last updated Dec 18, 2005 Shopping Mall and Shopping Center Studies
This website features "an introduction to shopping malls as subjects for historical, social, and cultural studies of the United States." Provides history of shopping centers, profiles of the largest malls in the U.S. and world, shopping mall terminology (such as anchor stores, factory outlet, and "mall rat"), literature with shopping mall settings, and related material. From the American Studies department at Eastern Connecticut State University. http://nutmeg.easternct.edu/~pocock/Malls.htm Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Industries Last updated Mar 19, 2009 Wal-Mart Positioning Report: Research Findings
This report, written by an advertising agency for Wal-Mart executives in October 2006 and released in May 2007, discusses how this chain's traditional strengths (such as discounted prices and large selection) may work against the company as it tries to attract more affluent customers. Opens directly into a PDF document. The report was provided to The New York Times by WakeUpWalMart.com, a union-financed group highly critical of the retailer. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/business/20070530_WALMART.pdf Topics: Industries Last updated Jun 14, 2007 Wedding Industry Research
Compilation of resources on the business of weddings (it is "not a guide on how to plan a wedding"), covering services (such as dresses, consultants, and caterers), statistics, associations, articles, books, and related resources. Compiled by Ellen Terrell of Business Reference Services at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/wedding/ Topics: Industries Last updated Jun 23, 2008 What If Hayek Goes Shopping in the Bazaar?
This 2006 scholarly paper uses the teachings of free-market economist Friedrich Hayek to present "a comparative analysis of the peculiar institutional features of two retail markets: the middle eastern Bazaar and the western Mall (shopping center). ... [It studies] the informational functions and performance" in settings in which "sellers decide which price setting strategy to adopt whereas buyers form their price beliefs exploring the market and decide which price to accept." From two economists. http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/367/ Topics: Industries Last updated May 14, 2008 |
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