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Kim, Changju, and Katsuyoshi Takashima. "Effects of retail organisation design on improving private label merchandising." European Journal of Marketing 53, no. 12 (December 3, 2019): 2582–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-03-2018-0194.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine empirically whether and under what organisational design conditions retailers can benefit from private label (PL) merchandising improvement. Design/methodology/approach The study tests hypotheses using a structural equation model and data obtained from general merchandise managers at 190 supermarket retailers in Japan. Findings The results reveal that both centralised merchandising authority and store cooperation between merchandising and store divisions motivate PL merchandising improvement, which strengthens PL competitiveness. In addition, outcome-based merchandiser control strengthens the positive relationship between store cooperation and PL merchandising improvement. However, regarding centralised merchandising authority, it is found that outcome-based control had no significant moderating effect. Research limitations/implications To generalise the findings, it may be desirable to reflect data from store divisions for at least two constructs of interdepartmental structure and coordination. Also, it will remain a challenge to produce objective financial outcomes, such as sales, profits or market share, of PL merchandise to empirically test PL contributions to a retail store or company. Practical implications It is important for retail managers to understand their merchandisers’ efforts and behaviours to continuously improve PL merchandising activities. It is strongly recommended that retail managers continue to find ways to motivate their merchandisers. Originality/value Drawing on the philosophy of continuous improvement, this study suggests a novel approach to retail merchandising management that investigates how organisational design can influence better PL merchandising. To highlight the growing role of retail merchandisers, often ignored in the PL literature, this study advances this knowledge about the organisational design–strategic behaviour linkage by empirically testing interactions between different aspects of retail organisation design.
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Bosnjak, Mile, Vlatka Bilas, and Ivan Novak. "Sustainability of merchandise trade flows between Croatia and other EU member states: Panel cointegration approach." Panoeconomicus 66, no. 1 (2019): 113–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/pan160409022b.

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This research examined the sustainability of merchandise trade flows between Croatia and other European Union (EU) member states. Merchandise exports and imports were disaggregated into bilateral merchandise trade flows between Croatia and nineteen EU trading partners for the period 1999-2014. Following Granger-causality and cointegration tests for panel data, we specified the model to be estimated. Using a pooled mean group (PMG) estimator for dynamic heterogeneous panel data, the relationship between Croatian merchandise export and import was assessed empirically. Research results revealed unsustainable Croatian merchandise exports and imports vis-?-vis nineteen EU partners.
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Capozzoli, Ernest A., and Dan G. Teed. "POST-CIVIL WAR ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI." Accounting Historians Journal 43, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 39–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.43.2.39.

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This paper explores the accounting practices and cultural setting of a general merchandise store located in Natchez, Mississippi during the post-Civil War period in 1865. The store ledger records complete sales and payroll entries from January through December 1865. The facts concerning the store came from a “cash book” (referred to as the ledger) that recorded financial transactions both prior to and after the Civil War [Holland, 1837]. Our article asserts that, in spite of devastating economic conditions, merchandisers in general were able to continue as central figures in daily lives in the Natchez area.
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Kovacevic, Radovan. "The export performance of the euro area: A panel quantile regression approach." Ekonomski anali 64, no. 222 (2019): 7–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/eka1922007k.

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This paper examines the impact of relevant factors on merchandise exports, volume growth, and the competitiveness of euro-area countries. It uses panel regressions to explain the development of merchandise exports in the euro-area countries by various price/cost competitiveness indicators, development of foreign and domestic demand, and the structure of merchandise exports. A cointegration analysis of panel time series was established by applying econometric tests and the cointegration equation for the period 1999-2018 was estimated using FMOLS (Fully Modified OLS) and DOLS (Dynamic OLS) estimators. We show that the increase in the share of information communication technology (ICT) product exports in the total merchandise exports of euro-area members had a positive impact on their export performance. The empirical results show that foreign demand has a positive impact on real merchandise exports, while the estimated coefficients decreased from the lower to upper quantiles. The results regarding price and cost competitiveness differ depending on the choice of indicators, but in general they are less robust. Therefore, we conclude that in the long run, non-price factors will play an increasingly important role in strengthening the competitive position of euro-area countries in international markets.
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Ishchuk, Svitlana O., Yuliya V. Polyakova, and Protsevyat Oksana S. "Structure and dynamics of Ukrainian merchandise exports: a regional dimension." Regional Economy, no. 1(99) (March 2021): 20–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2021-1-3.

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Ukraine’s integration into the global market has a clear resource-oriented nature, as agricultural products remain the dominant component of domestic merchandise exports. This urges the need to diversify the structure of exports and increase the share of high-tech and medium-tech industries. Given the structural heterogeneity of the formation of domestic merchandise exports in the regional context, the research in this direction is relevant. The purpose of the article is to identify key changes in the export specialization of the regions of Ukraine and to group the latter according to the level of their export activities. Based on the assessment of the structure of merchandise exports of Ukraine and its regions, the export specialization of the latter by commodity groups is determined. The diagnostic study of export activities at the meso-level results from the calculation of indicators that characterize: export orientation of the economy (calculated as the ratio between the value of merchandise exports of the region and gross regional product), export coverage of imports (calculated as the ratio between the values of merchandise exports and merchandise imports of the region), export manufacturability (calculated as the ratio between the values of high-tech exports of the region and merchandise exports in general), the high-tech export orientation of the industry (calculated as the ratio between the value of high-tech exports of the region and the volume of sold industrial products). The regions are divided into four conditional groups according to the level of their export activities, based on the values of the integrated index calculated by the method of the arithmetic mean of partial indicators. Some key trends and problems in the formation and development of Ukraine’s export potential are outlined. Emphasis is placed on the high share of products made from toll raw materials within the high-tech merchandise exports of the vast majority of regions of the Western region. Measures for the implementation of an efficient state policy of export promotion are proposed and their targets are defined.
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Baum, Marsha L. "Unsolicited merchandise: Gift or sale?" Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory 20, no. 3 (September 1996): 301–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0364-6408(96)00048-8.

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Ashby, Elizabeth R., Howard H. Cochran, Brad D. Childs, and Marieta V. Velikova. "State Merchandise Export Trade Determinants." International Advances in Economic Research 22, no. 1 (September 16, 2015): 95–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11294-015-9538-8.

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Beneke, Justin, Alex Brito, and Kerry-Anne Garvey. "Propensity to buy private label merchandise." International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 43, no. 1 (January 12, 2015): 43–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-09-2013-0175.

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Purpose – Establishing and/or developing a portfolio of private label brands (PLBs) is a strategic imperative for most retail chains. The purpose of this paper is to construct, and validate, a holistic conceptual model to investigate the effect of perceived product quality, relative price and risk on perceived product value and, ultimately, willingness to buy these brands. In addition to this, the study seeks to investigate the potential role of store image as an antecedent within the model. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of middle to upper income shoppers was administered in order to determine the magnitude of the above-mentioned effects. The study focused on the market segment of private label breakfast cereal consumers within South Africa. Findings – All relationships in the model were found to be significant at the 5 per cent level, except for store image on perceived risk. The strongest relationship, by some margin, was that between perceived value and willingness to buy PLBs. Practical implications – The myth that a powerful store image can necessarily mitigate high levels of consumer risk was dispelled. In general, the results may be used to glean further insight into the consumer’s approach to buying PLBs and shape brand managers’ actions in building these brands. Originality/value – This study draws on the collective works of Beneke et al. (2013), Snoj et al. (2004) and Sweeney et al. (1999) in exploring this issue. However, the research advances the discussion by considering a low-involvement product category and the inclusion of an additional antecedent – store image.
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Critchlow, Nathan, Anne Marie MacKintosh, Christopher Thomas, Lucie Hooper, and Jyotsna Vohra. "Awareness of alcohol marketing, ownership of alcohol branded merchandise, and the association with alcohol consumption, higher-risk drinking, and drinking susceptibility in adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional survey in the UK." BMJ Open 9, no. 3 (March 2019): e025297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025297.

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ObjectivesTo explore awareness of alcohol marketing and ownership of alcohol branded merchandise in adolescents and young adults in the UK, what factors are associated with awareness and ownership, and what association awareness and ownership have with alcohol consumption, higher-risk drinking and susceptibility.DesignOnline cross-sectional survey conducted during April–May 2017.SettingThe UK.ParticipantsAdolescents and young adults aged 11–19 years in the UK (n=3399).Main outcome measuresAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption (AUDIT-C) (0–12) and indication of higher-risk consumption (>5 AUDIT-C) in current drinkers. Susceptibility to drink (yes/no) in never drinkers.ResultsEighty-two per cent of respondents were aware of at least one form of alcohol marketing in the past month and 17% owned branded merchandise. χ2tests found that awareness of marketing and ownership of branded merchandise varied within drinking variables. For example, higher awareness of alcohol marketing was associated with being a current drinker (χ2=114.04, p<0.001), higher-risk drinking (χ2=85.84, p<0.001), and perceived parental (χ2=63.06, p<0.001) and peer approval of consumption (χ2=73.08, p<0.001). Among current drinkers, multivariate regressions (controlling for demographics and covariates) found that marketing awareness and owning branded merchandise was positively associated with AUDIT-C score and higher-risk consumption. For example, current drinkers reporting medium marketing awareness were twice as likely to be higher-risk drinkers as those reporting low awareness (adjusted OR (AOR)=2.18, 95% CI 1.39 to 3.42, p<0.001). Among never drinkers, respondents who owned branded merchandise were twice as likely to be susceptible to drinking as those who did not (AOR=1.98, 95% CI 1.20 to 3.24, p<0.01).ConclusionsYoung people, above and below the legal purchasing age, are aware of a range of alcohol marketing and almost one in five own alcohol branded merchandise. In current drinkers, alcohol marketing awareness was associated with increased consumption and greater likelihood of higher-risk consumption. In never drinkers, ownership of branded merchandise was associated with susceptibility.
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Trappey, Charles V., and Amy J. C. Trappey. "Planning Merchandise Investments Using Fuzzy Optimization." Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems 1, no. 3 (1993): 189–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ifs-1993-1301.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "General Merchandise"

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Xu, Jinmeng. "Comparing Web Accessibility between Major Retailers and Novelties for E-Commerce." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Datateknik och informatik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49001.

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Purpose –Comparing the accessibility of e-commerce for General Merchandise, between major retailers and novelties, in the conformance of web accessibility guidelines, and the implementation of rich internet applications specifications. So that to figure out whether the differences exist between them, if so, what are the differences, and analyzing upcoming e-commerce and established e-commerce.  Method – The descriptive and quantitative case studies were used to evaluated 45 websites respectively from major retailers and novelties in General Merchandise of e-commerce, where sample websites were selected from Alexa’s rank lists. Then the WAVE tool, Accessibility Quantitative Metric (WAQM), and Fona assessment were applied for analyzing cases for representing the accessibilities and answering the research questions of purpose.  Findings – ARIA specifications as a kind of technological solution really had positive functions on web accessibility when only focusing on accessibility guidelines, because the novelty websites with less ARIA attributes resulting in lower accessibility levels generally, even though there were also many other elements that can affect accessibility.  Implications – In the main branch of General Merchandise, the degree of web accessibility in major retailer websites was better than that in novelties, which means as far as e-commerce is concerned, the accessibility of mature websites that had been established for a long time was contemporarily stronger than that of new websites with creative products.  Limitations – From the perspective of the sample, there were limitations in sample sources, size, websites languages, while in the technical aspect, the evaluation of dynamic contents just aims at keyboard navigation, and the tool of Fona assessment also had restrictions.
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Luo, Jiou-Feng, and 羅久峰. "Analysis of General Merchandise store in Taiwan." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8hr237.

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碩士
國立臺灣大學
農業經濟學研究所
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Malcolm P. McNair(1958) proposed the wheel of retailing theory which explained why the new retail business showed up in the market and it accorded with the development of retail market in Taiwan. Now, the most relevant retail businesses to our daily life are convenience store, supermarket and hypermarket. Although these three businesses have been in Taiwan no longer than 50 years, they have much difference from 50 years ago. This research used the latest data to analyze the three businesses’ strategies, the change of location, sales, and the number of stores. By the third chapter’s introduction we can learn that these three retail businesses’ development in future will be limited. By the wheel of retailing theory, we can infer that it might be time for a new retail business showing up in retail market. In order to find a feasible development of retail business in Taiwan’s retail market, this research collected information from foreign papers, websites. After evaluation and analyzation, we infer that the discount store in Europe might be suitable in Taiwan’s retail market and calculate the number of discount store in Taiwan’s market.
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Hsu, Jen Ben, and 許任斌. "Discussion Commodity wholesale trade in merchandise wholesalers to retailers transaction cost theory -In Houselovers General Merchandise Co., Ltd. Case." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83825365213496121316.

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嶺東科技大學
企業管理系碩士班
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This study is based on the wholesalers of general merchandise commodity wholesale industry to retailers transaction cost theory analysis, this study is the use of case study approach to research, and is located in Taichung Wuri District love house family daily necessities Department Store Co. Shares company case study case. This study is the daily trading range for wholesale merchandise industry wholesalers of issues of cooperation and trade relations between the behavior of retailers in the domestic commodity wholesale market on the buyers and sellers as well as the impact of the level and in the face of fierce competition under the path for businesses positioning itself on the path of daily necessities wholesale and department store buyers and sellers and process transactions in transaction cost theory of the present study was to investigate the purpose. Stores in Taiwan today's commodity wholesale market in the disk access provider business strategy often because of limited rational individual decisions, opportunism, uncertainty and complexity, asymmetric information, a few transactions, the transaction context atmosphere affected. Therefore, this study was the following three findings and conclusions; 1.Commodity Wholesale Department Store in the outer disk providers need to assume transaction costs should also strengthen coordination between the three treatment and attention to transaction costs for goods wholesalers in the final consumers. 2.Commodity Wholesale Stores Chamber of Commerce in the disk due to the amount of the company's size and commodity items in the transaction cost theory inputs vary and produce different benefits. 3.Commodity Wholesale Stores wholesalers need positive reinforcement in their professional capacity and logistics logistics capabilities, and customer-service oriented to face the customer, to create a service brand as the main channel model, has been replaced by spending on audit costs. Orrelation of the above this study and discussion in Taiwan commodity wholesale market for merchandise trading patterns of behavior done by wholesalers and retailers, and to provide research recommendations in commodity wholesale merchandise wholesalers in adjustment of product sales strategy and product mix in such passages its retailer differentiation. In logistics, staff education and training, to establish its own brand, sell branded goods, etc., and to provide more convenient service for the pipeline to the final consumer of the commodity department highlights the wholesale suppliers in the real value of the disc on the path.
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Lai, Cheng-Sung, and 賴政松. "Integrating the Kano Model into QFD for Service Quality of General Merchandise Store." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72783954925342902996.

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碩士
大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
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The general merchandise stores in Taiwan are now coming to the mature stage. To survive in this industry and compete with other stores, they have to use different marketing strategies to attract customer to visit the stores. However, to gain the competition in this industry, other than special marketing strategy, the general merchandise stores should also pay more attention to service quality promotion. This study will find out the quality factors for general merchandise stores in Taiwan based on five aspects showed in the PZB SERVQUAL table— materiality, reliability, reaction, supportability and concern. Then, using the Kano model to divide each quality factors into five different service categories which are charming, one dollar(一元), absolutely, no difference, reversal and etc. These quality factors we find out will help us to measure the customer need and put them in order. Finally, analyze and understand the relationship between the improvements found in the service categories by the Kano model and the importance and satisfaction among the quality factors in the QFD so that we are able to give suggestions and improvements to general merchandise stores in Taiwan.
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Wu, Chien-Long, and 吳建隆. "A Study on Insurance Program of Business Interruption Risks for General Merchandise Industry." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82699416370400228324.

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淡江大學
保險學系保險經營碩士在職專班
100
Most of general merchandise industry will face unpredictable risks in business operation and management. These risks include fire and natural catastrophe perils which will lead to property damages (building and equipments) and revenue losses by business interruption resulting from the property damages. However, we found enterprise pay more attention for property damages than business interruption losses when they arrange insurance scheme in the past. Furthermore, some enterprises even ignore the risks of business interruption when they plan insurance programme. For this reason, this article selects merchandise industry to evaluate and analyze impact of business interruption risks. Through collecting relevant literature of department stores and business interruption to identify and evaluate various business interruption hazards to find out particular points of view when planning business interruption insurance for general merchandise industry. Furthermore, the research also interpret general merchandise business interruption insurance programme in practice by case study. In conclusion, this paper provides specific suggestions for merchandise industry when they plan business interruption insurance by data analysis and case study.
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Shih, Hsin-Yu, and 施幸妤. "A Study of the Handbag Design of the General Merchandise Industries in Taiwan." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7k72uw.

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銘傳大學
設計管理研究所碩士班
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Due to facing severe competition, the general merchandise industries in Taiwan have already gradually noticed the importance of handbag’s design. How to use design’s skills to stably maintain a good corporate image and continuously attract massive consumers also have become a main additional function of handbags. This study was carried out by using paper-made handbags from the main general merchandise enterprises in Taiwan as materials to make an analysis. Through both methods of personal interviews with general merchandise staffs and questionnaires with consumers about their using experience, satisfaction, evaluation of the dmportance of handbag’s design factors, and favorite choice, this study aims to find out handbag’s design features and related problems in order to provide important information for the enterprises. The interview’s results reveal that currently the domestic general merchandise enterprises basically value the design of handbags, but they put their stress more on the appearance of logos and names only and do not consider the usability and the whole image. In addition, most general merchandise enterprises do not understand the needs of customers. Therefore, the design of handbags is just a plane panning. Although. most enterprises already change the handbag design frequently, they do not deeply explore the importance of visual communication and apply it to achieve enterprise’s propaganda. Moreover, shopping centers pay more attention than department stores on handbag design in general. The handbag design in shopping centers is more meeting the modern trend and more valuing the appearance of texture. However, the main problem in shopping centers is that it is impossible to thoroughly use the handbag providing by shopping centers, because there are a lot of shops inside and each shop has its own handbags. The questionnaire’s results reveal that consumers like hand-carrying type handbags. Most of them reuse handbags and believe a high additional value is essential for handbags. In addition, the highest satisfaction about handbags is showing the corporate image, the next is feeling a high value of handbags, the lowest satisfaction is fitting consumer’s demand. The most five important factors for the handbag’s design are: comfort, durability, material quality, water-proof, and environmental protection, and the company’s logo, information and mascot are less important. Furthermore, the four population characteristics such as sex, age, marital status and living area do affect the favorite carrying type, the viewpoint of satisfaction and the importance of the handbag design factors. Moreover, about choice of consumer’s favorite handbags, the handbags of the Breeze Center and the Taipei 101 are the most favorite ones for the consumers.
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Han, Yao-Yi, and 韓耀逸. "A Study on Service Quality of Large-Scaled General Merchandise in Metropolitan Area." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15664694565867457616.

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Hung, Liu Chih, and 劉智宏. "The industry development and trend analysis of the Taiwan retail sale of general merchandise." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50761015139277862791.

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國立高雄第一科技大學
行銷與流通管理所
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The Productivity of the retail sale of general merchandises in Taiwan has already been up to 680 thousand billion in 2003. Its management achievement state inside includes the department store industry, supermarket industry, convenience store industry, quantity and other retail sale of general merchandises. During past ten years, the retail sale of general merchandises of the annual sales volume had grown from 300 thousand billion in 1994 to 680 thousand billion in 2003 and the annual sales volume of the retail sale of general merchandises were more than one time. The comprehensive importance in the retail industry of Taiwan of retail business of goods can't be ignored more and more already. First, this study collects inferiority materials and reviews literature to summary the development courses and management trends of probing into whole domestic retail sale of general merchandises of interconnected system and achievement state. Second, the study uses correlation analysis and regression analysis to understand the relationship of the national social index and comprehensive turnover in the retail sale of general merchandise. Finally, run the industry to manage and propose for the retail sale of general merchandise and achievement states through the result of study. The result of study shows, three social indexes, such as employment volume of service trade, average gross nation product, and average gross national expenditure will really show the relationship with the turnover of the retail sale of general merchandises. Result that the average gross national expenditure has great influence on turnover of the retail sale of general merchandises among them, and the higher average national consumption expenditure is the more that can increase the turnover of the retail sale of general merchandises. The apparent defeat appears to the relationship of influencing under study for action in the average turnover of average gross nation product and the retail sale of general merchandise, show that the average gross nation product drops, so the retail sale of general merchandise of goods will grow up. This result of the industry scholar's view has a bit more different the very great one, lie in mainly that the average gross nation product drops the cost that will let consumers care the money even more. And the retail sale of general merchandises such like supermarket industry adopts the tactics of the low price to manage, the decline of the average gross nation product will bring up the flourishing development chances of these two achievement states. So its have driven the promotion of the comprehensive whole turnover of retail business of goods.
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Chen, Wen-ping, and 陳文萍. "A Study of Service Quality at General Merchandise Stores in the Pintung, Taiwan Area." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31452481339918196374.

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美和技術學院
經營管理研究所
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In recent years, domestic price levels have risen, causing changes in patterns in public consumption. Many domestic and foreign companies are joining Taiwan’s market. In order to expand market share, merchandisers not only must adopt a low price policy but also provide high service quality and market differentiation policies as part of any future marketing strategy. Our society has become service oriented. Therefore, how merchandisers increase their service quality and customers’ satisfaction is a subject that is worthwhile discussing. Traditional research evaluates service quality according to the PZB (1985) SURVQUAL model. But, in recent years, scholars have proposed multi-level service quality models to evaluate the complex service process. Therefore, this study evaluates merchandisers as examples, in order to develop a multi-level model of perception of service quality in the Pingtung City area. The research utilizes the service quality evaluation form which was proposed by Brady and Cronin (2001) in order to design and develop the questionnaire. The study targets merchandisers in Pingtung City. Total questionnaires distributed were 500, with all 453 being returned. After eliminating invalid questionnaires, 421 were left. Thus, the sampling rate was 84%; and, these were analyzed by the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The study also used SPSS and AMOS to analyze confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). This study used a three-level model to estimate confirmatory factor analysis on three levels of perceived service quality. The results showed that the three levels of estimated confirmatory factor analyses had a goodness of fit and effectively explained the three levels of this perceived service quality model. It showed that customers depended upon a pattern of hierarchical thinking to evaluate service quality, and revealed the patterns of perception for service quality while evaluating the factors that customers consider when evaluating products of merchandises stores. The results should provide merchandisers information on how to improve their service quality.
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Li, Chen-Chi, and 李振奇. "A Study of Strategies of Click-and-Mortar Retailers- General Merchandise Stores in Taiwan." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/s267f7.

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國立臺灣大學
國際企業學研究所
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According to the trend of e-commerce which equips with advantages of fast trading and no boundary restricted, the performance of physical retailers in the world is defeated by e-commerce, so that every physical retailer try to find out strategies to compete with it, including establishing internet channels. In Taiwan, there is a limited market and the competition level is very high in general merchandise stores, PCSC which is a convenience store and RT-MART which is a wholesaler try to be the first to establish internet shopping websites, in order to fight with other competitors by e-commerce and increase their operating performance. This study includes literature review, observation, secondary qualitative study and two case studies, the main discussion is what the motivations, process, and strategies the physical general merchandise companies have, and the applications of long-tail theory. According to literature reviews, this study summarizes three dimensions of channel evaluation, including channel value, relationships between different channels, and application of long-tail theory. Concluding from the two cases, the result of this study will be appeared by the following statements: 1. Giving customers more “spatial convenience” and “product variability” is the same reason for the two companies to establish internet channels. 2. PCSC has more connections between physical and internet channels than RT-MART, but they are all benefited by operating internet channels. 3. Both PCSC and RT-MART gain the benefits by employing the three powers of the long tail precisely. To sum up, the two companies regard internet and physical channels as two different segments and believe that operating internet channels is a way to increase revenue.
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Books on the topic "General Merchandise"

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Worms, Carolyn L. General merchandise retailing. Edited by Brown Kay B, Lynch Richard L, and Vorndran Barbara Sethney. 2nd ed. New York: Gregg Division, McGraw-Hill, 1990.

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(Firm), Joseph Dilworth. Dilworth's price list of general merchandise, or, Enquire within upon everything. [Toronto?: s.n., 1994.

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Trade, United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on. Proposals to conform the customs user fee on merchandise processing and the superfund tax differential with U.S. GATT obligations: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, January 25, 1989. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1989.

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Trade, United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on. Proposals to conform the customs user fee on merchandise processing and the superfund tax differential with U.S. GATT obligations: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, January 25, 1989. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1989.

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Trade, United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on. Proposals to conform the customs user fee on merchandise processing and the superfund tax differential with U.S. GATT obligations: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, January 25, 1989. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1989.

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John, Randolph. The speech of the Hon. J. Randolph, representative for the state of Virginia, in the General Congress of America: On a motion for the non-importation of British merchandize, pending the present disputes between Great Britain and America. London: Reprinted for J. Butterworth and J. Hatchard, 1989.

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Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores 96 (Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores). Chain Store Guide, 1996.

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Cordier, Rick. Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores, 2001 (Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores). Chain Store Guide, 2001.

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Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores: 1998 (Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores). Chain Store Guide, 1998.

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1995 Directory of Discount and General Merchandise Store (Directory of Discount & General Merchandise Stores). Chain Store Guide, 1995.

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Larke, Roy, and Michael Causton. "General Merchandise Retail Chains." In Japan — A Modern Retail Superpower, 103–22. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230511408_6.

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Zentes, Joachim, Dirk Morschett, and Hanna Schramm-Klein. "Retail Formats – General Merchandise." In Strategic Retail Management, 49–69. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6740-4_4.

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Zentes, Joachim, Dirk Morschett, and Hanna Schramm-Klein. "Store-based Retailing – General Merchandise." In Strategic Retail Management, 47–70. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10183-1_3.

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Zhang, Shanwei, Junnan Ye, Jingping Li, and Lixia Hua. "Product Identity Design of Yiwu General Merchandise Based on User Experience." In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 801–8. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80091-8_95.

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Coto-Millán, Pablo, José Baños-Pino, Miguel Ángel Pesquera, Juan Castanedo Galán, and Lucía Inglada-Pérez. "The Conditioned Demands of “General Merchandise”, “Dry Bulk” and “Liquid Bulk” Sea Transport." In Contributions to Economics, 45–60. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2425-4_4.

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Kao, Min-te, and Eric Min-yang Wang. "A Study on Influential Factors of the Elderly’s Shopping Channel Selection for General Merchandise Retailers." In Proceedings of 2012 3rd International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012), 451–59. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33012-4_45.

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Borges, Adilson, and Barry J. Babin. "The Low Price Guarantee in a General Merchandise Setting: The Moderating Role of the Burden of Proof." In Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science, 327. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18687-0_120.

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Mazur, Grzegorz. "The European Union’s Common Commercial Policy and the Covid-19 pandemic: Reactions and challenges." In Towards the „new normal” after COVID-19 – a post-transition economy perspective, 44–53. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18559/978-83-8211-061-6/i3.

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Purpose: The general aim of the chapter is to investigate trade measures implemented in the EU in the aftermath of the Covid-19 outbreak and define general potential effects of the current economic turbulences on the future shape of the Common Commercial Policy (CCP). Design/methodology/approach: The chapter is based on literature/EU official documents studies and statistical analysis of the EU’s merchandise trade. It has been structured into three parts. The first one presents recent trends in the EU’s external merchandise trade caused by the pandemic’s economic repercussions. This is followed by ashort analysis of temporary trade restrictions implemented by many EU Members States and the EU in response to supply shocks. The third part refers to the potential impact of current trade and economic processes on the post-pandemic trade strategy of the EU. Findings: Although the future shape of global trade system and the pandemic’s impact on the nature of the CCP are subjects of high uncertainty, the conducted analysis offers some general conclusions. The implemented trade restrictions should be limited and made temporary as future trade openness is essential for economic recovery. There is also ageneral consensus that the EU’s CCP should ensure the necessary resilience to future trade distortions. However, this should not be connected with protectionism and narrowly understood self-sufficiency. Among important factors that reinforce the resilience, we should mention the solutions delivered by new technologies (e.g. automation, AI, three-dimensional printing), fair competition, higher transparency of trade policies, international standards, certification schemes, and stronger multilateral cooperation, including World Trade Organization’s reforms. The renewed trade strategy will also be accompanied with global trade and economic tendencies such as the reshoring and regionalization of trade. Originality and value: The chapter is addressed to students, scholars, and policymakers by contributing to the current debate on the post-pandemic shape of global trade relations and the future nature of the EU’s Common Commercial Policy.
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Bloch, Alexia. "Gender, Labor, and Emotion in a Global Economy." In Sex, Love, and Migration. Cornell University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501713149.003.0003.

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This chapter considers how shuttle traders, or small-scale entrepreneurs in the wholesale garment business, move merchandise from Turkey to locations across the former Soviet Union and are part of a broader transformation of intimate practices and affective states brought about by gendered mobility in the region. Featuring the accounts of three women entrepreneurs from Russia, the chapter reflects on how particular political-economic formations generate their own distinctive affective states. The chapter considers the emotion work required of women as men contend with shame about no longer being primary breadwinners, and as women widely reflect on their shame associated with becoming traders. Overall, the chapter analyzes how ideals around gender and labor are renegotiated as global capitalism encompasses former socialists.
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Pauw, Eddy De. "Monitoring Agricultural Drought in the Near East." In Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought. Oxford University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195162349.003.0025.

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The countries of North Africa and West Asia, hereafter referred to as the “Near East,” cover a large part of the world (more than 7,200,000 km2). This region is characterized by diverse but generally dry climates, in which evaporation exceeds precipitation. The level of aridity is indicated by the aridity index, the ratio of annual precipitation to annual potential evapotranspiration, calculated by the Penman method (UNESCO, 1979). The degree of aridity is shown spatially in figure 16.1 and summarized per country in table 16.1. These data show that the region is characterized by humid, subhumid, semiarid, and arid to hyperarid moisture regimes. In addition, temperature regimes vary considerably, particularly due to the differences in altitudes and, to a lesser extent, due to the oceanic/continental influences. For most of the region, the precipitation generally occurs during the October–April period and thus is concentrated over the winter season. Table 16.1 shows that, with more than 90% of the land area in hyperarid, arid, or semiarid moisture regimes, aridity is very significant in the Near East. Turkey is better endowed with surface and groundwater resources due to the orographic capture of Atlantic cyclonal precipitation, but much of the interior is semiarid. If one excludes the hyperarid zones, which cover the driest deserts and have no potential for agricultural use, nearly 34% of the region, or about 2,460,000 km2, is dryland (i.e., the area with arid or semiarid moisture regime). These are the areas with some potential for either dryland farming (in semiarid zones) or for extensive rangeland (in arid zones). In the Near East countries, agriculture contributes about 10–20% to the gross domestic product and is therefore a major pillar of their economies. However, the indirect importance of agriculture is larger because it provides the primary goods that constitute the majority of merchandise exports and because of the relatively high number of people employed in agriculture. Because of the high degree of aridity in large parts of the region, agriculture in the Near East is particularly vulnerable to drought. Most of the agricultural systems depend on rainfall.
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Conference papers on the topic "General Merchandise"

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Zhao, Xuejun. "Countermeasures on the Upgrading and Transformation of the Traditional General Merchandise Industry in the Internet age." In Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icfied-19.2019.36.

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"Online Ordering and Recommender System of Combine Harvester Parts and Equipment with 3D Modelling and Augmented Reality Brochure for BLAZE Equifarm and General Merchandise." In 2021 The 11th International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering. WCSE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/wcse.2021.06.026.

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Reports on the topic "General Merchandise"

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Hale, E., M. Leach, A. Hirsch, and P. Torcellini. General Merchandise 50% Energy Savings Technical Support Document. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/965981.

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