With a billion shoppers worldwide, Wal-Mart World is the first book to look at this incredibly important phenomenon in global perspective, its broad scope makes it essential reading for anyone interested in the global impact of this economic colossus.

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With crisp and insightful contributions from 47 of the world’s leading experts in various facets of retailing, Retailing in the 21st Century offers in one book a compendium of state-of-the-art, cutting-edge knowledge to guide successful retailing in the new millennium. In our competitive world, retailing is an exciting, complex and critical sector of business in most developed as well as emerging economies. Today, the retailing industry is being buffeted by a number of forces simultaneously, for example the growth of online retailing and the advent of ‘radio frequency identification’ (RFID) technology. Making sense of it all is not easy but of vital importance to retailing practitioners, analysts and policymakers.

The Ivey Casebooks Series is a co-publishing partnership between SAGE Publications and the Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario.

Grocers is an in-depth examination of the rise of the major supermarkets. The authors assert that retailers, managers and students can all learn from the trailblazing companies which have led the way in the area of competencies, competitive strategies, marketing, internationalization and customer service.

Retail Buying: From Basics to Fashion, 4th Edition is a comprehensive text that provides students with the skills and savvy needed to become successful buyers in all areas of retail. With an emphasis on developing a buying strategy, its simple and straightforward approach presents step-by-step instructions for typical buying tasks, such as identifying and understanding potential customers, creating a six-month merchandising plan, and developing sales forecasts. A vast array of activities, drawn from real-world merchandising examples and incorporating current trends, offer readers the opportunity to apply these skills as they would in a professional environment.