학술논문

Voices from the past talk about the future
Document Type
News
Source
Discount Store News. Sept 16, 1996, Vol. 35 Issue 18, p26, 2 p.
Subject
Discount stores -- Management
Merchandising -- Management
Business
Retail industry
Language
ISSN
0012-3587
Abstract
Discount stores are cleaner, managements are smarter, and discount store chains are better run in the 1990s than they were in the 1960s according to a panel of executives with a long history in the industry. Service and merchandising has been improved by technology Steve Pistner asserted, and Maxine Clark believes the industry is now more competitive. New product scarcity, location, and market diversity are industry problems in the '90s.
The discount store industry has worn many hats. At its humble beginnings, a discounter was a strange mix of a five-and-dime and a department store. The industry has traveled a [...]