Levy, M: Retailing Management

Michael Levy received an undergraduate and M.S. degrees in business administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ph.D. in business administration from Ohio State University. He is the Charles Clarke Reynolds Professor of Marketing Emeritus at Babson College and CEO of RetailProf LLC. Dr. Levy received the inaugural ACRA Academic Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, American Marketing Association, Retailing Special Interest Group; the Babson Faculty Scholarship Award; and the Distinguished Service Award, Journal of Retailing. Marketing Educator rated him one of the best researchers in marketing. Dr. Levy has published more than 50 articles in leading marketing and logistics journals and is co-author of the sixth edition of Marketing. He has performed research projects with major retailers and retail technology firms, including Accenture, Federated Department Stores, Khimetrics, Mervyns, Neiman Marcus, ProfitLogic, and Zale Corp.

Retailing Management's 9th edition places critical and practical emphasis on five exciting new developments in retailing's high tech, global, growth industry: (1) big data and analytical methods for decision making, (2) communicating with customers and enhancing the shopping experience with social media and smart phones, (3) utilizing mobile channels and providing a seamless multichannel customer experience, (4) engagement in corporate social responsibility and the social considerations of business decisions, and (5) the impacts of globalization on the retail industry. With focus on some of the most admired and sophisticated retailers in the world like Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Amazon, Starbucks, and Kroger, the 9th edition of Retailing Management provides challenging and rewarding opportunities for students interested in retailing careers and careers with companies such as IBM, Procter & Gamble, and Google that support the retail industry. New Vignettes in each chapter and the addition of Connect with SmartBook help the 9th edition of Retailing Management maintain and grow as the market's leading Retailing franchise.

SECTION I -THE WORLD OF RETAILINGChapter 1: Introduction to the World of RetailingChapter 2: Types of RetailersChapter 3: Multichannel RetailingChapter 4: Customer Buying BehaviorSECTION II -RETAILING STRATEGYChapter 5: Retail Market StrategyChapter 6: Financial StrategyChapter 7: Retail LocationsChapter 8: Retail Site LocationChapter 9: Human Resource ManagementChapter 10: Information Systems and Supply Chain ManagementChapter 11: Customer Relationship ManagementSECTION III -MERCHANDISE MANAGEMENTChapter 12: Managing the Merchandise Planning ProcessChapter 13: Buying MerchandiseChapter 14: Retail PricingChapter 15: Retail Communication MixSECTION IV -STORE MANAGEMENTChapter 16: Managing the StoreChapter 17: Store Layout, Design, and Visual MerchandisingChapter 18: Customer Service