Best Practices & Retailing Benchmarks

Tweetailing is what happens when the major retail chains use Twitter for social media marketing. Get expert news analysis of the tweetailing best and worst practices of the six largest U.S. retail companies in this article. Find information about the Twitter feeds of major retail chains here.

The best cars for the money in 2012 are the cars that provide both the best value and the most owner satisfaction over several years of ownership. This is a comparison chart of the cars that were chosen for the annual Best Cars for the Money ranking list published annually by the U.S. News and World Report in 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009. A...

Question: What is the Mission Statement of Wal-Mart Stores? Find answers about the mission statement of the world's largest retail chain along with information and trivia about Wal-Mart headquarters and the founder of Wal-Mart in this article.

Question: What is the Mission Statement of Wal-Mart Stores? Find answers about the mission statement of the world's largest retail chain along with information and trivia about Wal-Mart headquarters and the founder of Wal-Mart in this article.

What are the Company Mission and Vision Statements of Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Disney, Ford, Target, Apple, Wendy's and the Largest Retail Industry Companies? Find a complete index of mission and vision statements for U.S. retail industry stores and chains here.

What is the favorite retail chain in the U.S. for clothing shoppers? Find out which U.S. apparel retailers were ranked as the best for 11 different aspects of the clothing shopping experience in 2011 by clothes-shopping consumers, along with factors not considered which may also influence shoppers' choice of "favorite" stores.

Find funny and inspirational quotes about Christmas Gifts and Holiday Shopping in this article. Get a collection of Humorous and inspirational quotes from a wide variety of famous people here.

This list of flagship store locations highlights some of the most prominent stores in the world, and the reasons why they are leading their retail fleet as flagships.The "flagship" designation is liberally applied in the retail industry to stores in prestigious locations, stores with unique features, and stores that are larger than the average...

The most hated U.S. retail industry companies are the ones with a combination of the worst customer, employee, and shareholder satisfaction along with low opinions about the brand and a general bad reputation. This is a list of the Most Hated Retail Industry Companies, according to research by 24/7 Wall St in 2009 and 2010.

In the past decade, 112 restaurant chains in the U.S. retail industry have been named as "hot concepts" because of their innovations in strategies, execution, theme, style, etc. This is a complete alphabetized list of the restaurants that have been included on the Nation's Restaurant News "Hot Concepts" list for an entire decade - from 2000 to...

This article reveals which gift cards were the most popular in 2010, according to a survey by GiftCardRescume.com Find out which retail gift cards are most popular with consumers who hope to receive, spend, and redeem them in 2010. The number of U.S. consumers who prefer to receive gift cards as gifts is growing, and the amount of money spent...

Efficient website performance is a major driver of satisfaction for the internet shopping experience. This is a list of the U.S. retail internet and mobile websites that were judged to have the best performance as measured by speed and performance.

Last minute Christmas gift shoppers have more options than ever before for last-minute Christmas gift shopping, buying, shipping and giving in 2010 thanks to rapidly expanding retail technology. Find a list of the best last-minute Christmas gift ideas and the retail stores, mobile phone apps, and online shopping websites that are making...

Procrastination has its own official day on the retail sales calendar now. Digital incentives company CashStar is working to establish December 23rd as the official "Click It to Gift It" Day. E-Gift card and e-gift certificate options are standard offerings for most major U.S. retail chains. This collection of Click It to Gift It...

Gift cards are growing in popularity, but often both the gift card givers and receivers are unaware of the rules, fees, policies and terms which govern the use and value of those gift cards. Find details about Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot gift card rules, fees and policies along with the gift card terms and fine print of the world's...

Many of the largest retail companies in the U.S. are responding to the growing use of cellphones by creating apps for mobile phones, cellphones, and smart phones which enable shoppers to do mobile shopping and make mobile purchases. Find a complete list and get descriptions of the retail phone apps available for cellphone shopping in this...

Use these coupon codes to get extra savings in addition to the discounts, specials and deals that online shoppers will find at online retailers on Cyber Monday 2010. Find a complete list of coupon codes for major online retailers that are good for Cyber Monday and throughout the holiday season.

Cyber Monday deals, specials and discounts are being advertised on social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, mobile apps and text messages in bigger numbers in 2010. Get a complete list of the major U.S. retailers who are using social media outlets to communicate with customers about their Cyber Monday deals, specials and discounts.

Thanksgiving Day is the new Black Friday, with some of the largest U.S. retail chains opening their retail doors and starting their Black Friday sales promotions on Thanksgiving Day instead waiting until the Friday after Thanksgiving. This is a complete list of the largest U.S. retail chains which are opening their retail stores on Thanksgiving...

Many American businesses are trying to incorporate the social media platform of "Twitter" into their customer service, marketing advertising, brand management and loyalty-building efforts. Get a complete, updated list of U.S. retail industry companies with Twitter accounts and an overview of their Twitter activity here.

Super Bowl Commercials from the Retail Industry, 1980 - 1984

Even in a slumping US economy, retailers are still posting double-digit revenue and profit gains. Profits or losses for some top US retailers are being driven by the strength or weakness of the Unique Selling Proposition they've chosen to help them beat the slump.

Every event can be an excuse for a retail promotion. Election Day 2008 was just such an event. Here are some of the best Election Day merchandise and dining promotions created by the retail industry to help American consumers celebrate their right to vote, and shop.

Retailers keep track of the competition in their sales market by employing competitive intelligence analysts who collect the data that creates usable benchmark reports. What is a competitive intelligence analyst? Find a description of this key retail job position here.

How to establish standards before you compare your business to another and establish a helpful benchmark.

Use these legal and ethical methods to gather inside information about how your competitor is doing business.

This best practices report reveals some of the best practices of the big boxes and what the independents are doing to beat them.

Going "green" is no longer a fad in retailing. Solid green retailing fundamentals and best practices are detailed in this article.

Find U.S. restaurant chain jobs, coupons, discounts, and freebies on the Facebook pages of some of the largest and most popular restaurant chains. Why do consumers and job hunters like and follow multi-unit retail restaurant chains on Facebook? Because almost all national and regional restaurant chains are bribing customers to "like" their...

Many American businesses are trying to incorporate the social media platform of Facebook into their customer service, marketing advertising, brand management and loyalty-building efforts. This is a complete, updated list of U.S. retail industry companies with Facebok accounts, arranged alphabetically by company.

Shipping charges are both a financial and psychological barrier to online shoppers that e-commerce websites are working to eliminate. This is a complete list of online U.S. based e-tailers that offer a completely free shipping option for all purchases made on their websites.

Find a complete list and photo gallery of mission statements from U.S. retail industry companies here. Dell, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, Staples, CompUSA, Blockbuster mission and vision statements are here and more.

This is a list of the 2010 Best Retail Places to Work for LGBT Equality, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Find out which U.S. retail industry employers have gay-friendly discrimination policies, diversity training, domestic partner benefits, and employee resource groups for gay, lesbian, bixesual, and transgender employees.

This is a list of the 2010 Worst Retail Employers to Work For Because of LGBT Equality, according to annual rankings by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Find out which U.S. retail industry employers have gay-unfriendly discrimination policies, diversity training, domestic partner benefits, and employee resource groups for gay, lesbian, bixesual, and transgender employees.

This a list of retail employers that provide the best adoption policies and benefits to their employees. Find out which retail companies were ranked among the top 100 adoption-friendly workplaces by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

Find a list of the U.S. retail industry companies that have the best social media reputation in 2011, according to Yomego, a social media agency based in the U.K. in this article. More than half of the 50 companies with the best social media reach, popularity, satisfaction, and reputation in the U.S. are members of the retail industry. ...

What are the best retail brands in the world? Find a complete list of the most valuable brands in the global retail industry according to the annual BRANDZ Most Valuable Brands in the World annual ranking list.

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