RBW was a small hamburger chain established in the UK in the early 2000’s. Despite a significant financial investment, professional management, the use of branding consultants, and extensive media coverage, the business did not prove to be viable and closed within a few years.
For this exercise, which is based on Sports Direct (a major UK sports retailer) and the impact of its attractive staff bonus on sales, profitability, and marketing results.
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ACTIVITY
In this mini-case, students review the efforts of the J.C. Penney department store to more efficiently compete on price, primarily underpinned by a cost-cutting program. But is this the best approach?
In this exercise, students review the key trends impacting of online retailing on traditional shopping centers and retailers. The challenge is to determine the best way forward for these traditional retailers.
In this activity, students are presented with a list of trade promotion tools and choose the ones most appropriate for two different firms, with differing promotional objectives.
In this exercise, students need to decide whether a large retail chain would benefit from implementing a customer loyalty program.
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ACTIVITY
A significant proportion of planned sales promotions do not get implemented due to the lack of full support by the retailer. The student task is to determine whether the retailer is likely to run/support the sales promotion.
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ACTIVITY
Firms may use a variety of sales promotion tools to help them increase short-term sales. Students choose from a list of possible tools and identify which one/s would be most appropriate.
This case study outlines the strategic plan for Thompson-Smith, a fictitious retailer with multiple brands (retail formats). The task is to evaluate their five strategic priorities.
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ACTIVITY
The student task is to determine a strategy for a fruit and vegetable store, to ensure its continued success. A number of potential ideas have been listed to get students going a littler deeper.