Promotion, retailing

Iyer, A.V., and Ye, J. Assessing the ue of Information Sharing in a Promotional Retail Environment. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2(2) 128-143, Spring 2000. 

In August 2006, under a new CEO, Zales started a transition to return to its role as a promotional retailer focused on diamond fashion jewelry and diamond rings. The transition involved selling nearly 50 milhon in discontinued inventory from its upscale strategy and an expenditure of 120 million on new inventory. As a result of the inventory write-downs, Zales lost 26.4 million in its quarter ending July 31,2006. 

Spedficalions regarding pharmaceutical premises, personnel and procedures must be followed by pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and retailers if they wish to obtain and retain their licence to operate. By means of these licences, dmg regulatory authorities control the activities of pharmaceutical manufacturers, importers and distributors and companies engaged in dmg promotion and advertising. 

Deals, deals, deals Come to our promotions section for the latest bargains offered to you exclusively from our retailers. 

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) both are operations models in the consumer goods industry to ensure delivery capability and avoid stockouts based on an automated replenishment of outlets using product inventory, historic and/or planned sales information at the point-of-sales (POS). CPFR focuses on a close cooperation between retailer and manufacturer. ECR focus on the customer-facing reaction on customer responses in logistics, sales and promotions. 

The promotion of medicines to the general public for self medication is covered by the Code of Standards of Advertising Practice for Over-the-Counter Medicines of the Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGE). The PAGE also has a Code of Practice for Advertising Over-the-Counter Medicines to Health Professionals and the Retail Trade. 

Finally, while total promotion expenditures over all types of promotional efforts approximately doubled between 1996 and 2001 (Table 9.1), so too did revenues, and thus total promotional intensity remained relatively constant. The total promotion-to-sales dollar ratio has hovered between 14% and 16% between 1996 and 2002, but it appears to have increased tol7.1% in 2003. This most recent increase may reflect the rising relative importance of free samples provided physicians, which in large part (Table 9.1), as noted above, are evaluated at their full retail prices rather than at marginal production costs. The apparent increases might also simply reflect the effects ofvarious measurement errors. 

Surfactants are used in a variety of applications, frequently in the form of dilute aqueous solutions. However, it is not cost effective to transport, store, and display in retail outlets surfactant products such as household detergents in this form. Accordingly, it is important to have products that dissolve quickly and to understand what aspects of surfactant composition and structure promote rapid dissolution. The dissolution process is more complex for surfactants than for most other materials because it typically involves formation of one or more concentrated and highly viscous liquid crystalline phases, which are not present initially and which could potentially hinder dissolution. In this article the rates and mechanisms of surfactant dissolution are reviewed and discussed. 

Halpin, D. and Brueckner, M. 2004. The retail pricing, labelling and promotion of organic food in Australia. In DAFF. The Australian Organic Industry A Profile. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Canberra, pp. 64-93. 

Specifically, the rule made the sale of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to children and adolescents, anyone younger than 18 years of age, a federal violation. In addition, the rule required manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to comply with certain conditions regarding the sale, distribution, and promotion of tobacco products. It prohibited all free samples and limits retail sales in most circumstances to face-to-face transactions. As a result, vending machines and self-service displays were prohibited, except in facilities where the retailer or operator ensures that no person younger than 18 is present or is permitted to enter at any time. 

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