ABSTRACT

Introducing students to the product management process, this revised and updated second edition gives an insight into the operations and practices used by retailers to achieve their product strategy objectives.

Blending theoretical approaches from a number of management perspectives, including marketing, purchasing and logistics, this text illustrates the breadth of knowledge needed for this complex managerial task. Including photos, figures, tables and conceptual diagrams, it also examines the practical elements of product management.

Incorporating significant new chapters and integrating discussions on the relationship between the product and its selling environment, and the overall retail brand, this second edition builds on the foundations of the highly successful first edition, and uses a broad range of contemporary case studies and practical examples to give a clear and concise introduction to retail product management.

part |2 pages

Part I UNDERSTANDING RETAIL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

chapter 2|24 pages

The Role of Retail Product Managers

chapter 3|20 pages

Category Management

part |2 pages

Part II: The Retail Product Management Process: From Conception to Delivery

chapter 4|24 pages

Product Range Planning and Selection

chapter 5|19 pages

Managing the Supply Base

chapter 7|11 pages

Managing the Response to Sales

part |2 pages

Part III: The Retail Product: Management Process: Implementation and Evaluation

chapter 8|20 pages

Allocating Retail Space to Products

chapter 9|19 pages

Retail Design

chapter 10|17 pages

Visual Merchandising

chapter 11|16 pages

Communicating the Product Offer

part |2 pages

Part IV RETAIL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS

chapter 13|19 pages

Product Management in Non-Store Retailing

chapter 14|10 pages

International Retail Product Management