TY - BOOK AU - Mason,Joseph Barry AU - Mayer,Morris Lehman TI - Modern retailing: theory and practice SN - 0256079595 SN - 978025607 AV - HF5429 .M328 PY - 1990/// CY - Homewood, IL PB - BPI/Irwin KW - Retail trade N1 - Includes Index; Classification, trends and explanation of institutional change 2 Strategic planning: the search for differential advantage 46 Marketing strategy and competitive alternatives 82 Retail decision support system 126 Socioeconomic, competitive and technological environments 168 Legal, public policy, and ethical influences on competitive strategy 212 Consumer shopping behavior and competitive strategy 250 The financial plan 296 Organizational structure and the human resources plan 340 The merchandise plan 388 Strategic issues in merchandise inventory procurement and distribution 472 Communications strategy: advertising sales promotion and publicity 518 Communications strategy: customer support services 564 The presentation strategy: store layout and merchandise presentation 608 Channel strategy 708 Assessing the effectiveness of strategy development amd implementation: control and evaluation 750 Index 813 ER -