Competitive Environmental Strategy or Experiential Retailing

Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape

Author: Andrew J Hoffman

<p>Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on environmental "management" to one focused on strategy.<p>Competitive Environmental Strategy examines the effects of environmentalism on corporate management, explaining how and why environmental forces are driving change and how business managers can think about environmental issues in a strategic way. The author discusses:<ul> <li>the evolving drivers of corporate environmental strategy, including regulators, shareholders, buyers and suppliers, insurers, investors, and consumers <li>how environmentalism alters basic conceptions of competitive strategy and organizational design <li>how external institutions create both opportunity and limitations for environmental strategy <li>how environmental threats can be incorporated into risk management, capital acquisition, competitive position, and other management concerns</ul> The book ends with an overall discussion of competitive environmental strategy and draws connections to the emerging issue of sustainable development. Each chapter features insets that ask fundamental questions about the relationship between environmental protection and business strategy, and ends with a list of additional recommended readings. Every individual who wishes to engage in business management in the 21st century will need an appreciation for the implications of environmental issues on corporate activities, and vice-versa.<p>Competitive Environmental Strategy offers a valuable overview of the subject, and provides a wealth of real-world examples that demonstrate the validity and applicability of the concepts for business people, clearly showing how managers are turning an understanding of environmental issues to competitive advantage.

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Experiential Retailing: Concepts and Strategies That Sell

Author: Youn Kyung Kim

Today's consumers demand more—they seek an emotional experience from shopping, one that will allow them to express who they are. And from the cool, hipster appeal of Target to the rock-n'-roll nostalgia for sale at the Hard Rock Caf‚, today's successful retailers are increasingly finding ways to provide that "total consumer experience." Experiential Retailing is about understanding these recent consumer and retail trends. Taking an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, the authors move beyond the traditional model of product assortment. They examine the history of retailing and consumption, and how cultural attitudes have changed over time. Different types of shopping experiences are described, from the efficiency of dollar stores to the knowing coziness of a local boutique. Anecdotes and illustrations demonstrate strategies for success, including ways to create a "product mix" or crossover brand. Incisive, sensory, and entertaining, Experiential Retailing provides exciting new concepts for understanding this global phenomenon

Table of Contents:

•Introduction
•Evolution of Consumption
•Utilitarian and Hedonic Consumption
•Symbolic Consumption
•Ritual Consumption
•Sensory Consumption
•Consumer Efficiency
•Entertaining Retailing
•Thematic Retailing
•Lifestyle Retailing
•Value Retailing
•Branding
•Brand Extension
•Strategic Alliance
•Global Experiential Retailing