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2014 has been a year tagged with a surge of active and healthy lifestyles. Physical fitness has been gaining popularity rapidly among varying age groups in the United States. With this good news in mind the future looks bright for Dicks Sporting Goods. Dicks has been cashing in on athletic gear for the past decade and there are no apparent problems stopping them from doing so in the future. Dick’s Sporting goods is planning to take a large piece of customer’s discretionary income in the future.…

stone-cold troop of soldiers. If you have ever heard of or visited the National Mall you most likely have the basic understanding, that it is not in fact a mall, but rather a national park in downtown Washington D.C. The National Mall is unique in the sense that it is home to some of the nation’s most cherished memorials. However, if you did not know this, and you thought that the National Mall was in fact a real mall, don’t feel bad I was in your shoes prior to my move to DC. To most, the…

Linens ‘N Things (LNT) was founded in 1975 by Eugene Kalkin. Kalkin’s company focus was “on a novel value proposition: provide high-quality house ware goods [in a] value-priced market” (Doede & Nickman-Retana, 2010, p. 45). LNT’s first store was in “West Orange, New Jersey at Approximately 7,500 square feet” (Doede & Nickman-Retana, 2010, p. 52). LNT experienced a transaction of “55 LNT chains in 14 states being sold to Melville Corp.” two years after the transaction in 1983, Founder and CEO…

of the modern day retail giant, the retail trade has become a part of our everyday lives. There is not a day that goes by that we are not purchasing a good, whether it is the gas that we put in our car, or the new shoes that we get from the outlet mall or even the wifi that we buy in our homes. Literature Review There are several articles on the topic of the retail trade and the effects that “Big Box Retail” has had on the…

purchases their items/products /goods. This later changed to bigger shops run by one man with a few employees and all the work was done manually. Department stores came into being. Beginning in the mid-1990s however there was an explosion of shopping malls. Where customers interacted with professionals and not with just one single person (the owner). (Ms. Vidushi Handa, Mr. Navneet Grover).Consumers can have a wide range of choices of goods. With great offers, discounts Growth of Orgainsed…

Key Drivers of Retailing in India Consumer Pull In Pre-Liberalization the manufacturer was the king of the market, all the power rested with the manufacturer. But in today’s market, consumer are the kings, this is mainly due to liberalization in consumer goods, industries, vanity product, consumerism and increasing wealth. All this change will be mainly seen in youths in metro cities. Consumers can be divided into two broad categories: • High income segment- The consumers who have high income…

Westfield London - Shepherd's Bush Westfield London, the spearheading shopping and relaxation destination, is an imaginative and element place for another era of customer to shop, to eat, and to meet. Westfield London - Shepherd's Bush at an astounding 150,000 square meters the forcing Shepherd's Bush Westfield Shopping Center has the questionable honor of being London's biggest shopping center. 80 percent are design centered with more than 700 style brands including more than 40 extravagance…

An automatic door opens, dozens of footsteps walk through it. A “clink” and a “ka-Ching” is heard as it echoes through a line of impatient customers. Many come for various reasons, some might come for food while others might just come to pick up a new video game. The rattling noises of merchandise filling plastic bags can be heard as well while workers try to get out as many people as possible. However, it’s just another day and another dollar as some might say. We can pretty much just say it’s…

the Washington mountain, and through the memorial jungle. We almost lost half our group crossing the reflecting river. By the time, we got to Abe’s summit the sun was beginning to set. The scene was almost too perfect; it was almost right out of “The West Wing.” The memorial shone through with the grace and elegance of a true piece of art. It towered over us like a great marble temple with a purple and orange blazon sky behind it. As we climbed its marble steps it felt as though we were making…

Each Payless store has a similar, but different layout to it. Some stores are super stores, some are located in a mall, and others are located in a strip mall. Depending on the type of Payless store that it is, the signage and displays alternate. For instance, the Berkshire Mall Payless has six end panels to display signs and shoes versus the Payless in Broadcast Square shopping center which only has four. In this case, Payless is given a layout…