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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460949403321

Autore

Brunner Felix

Titolo

Toward cross-channel management : a comprehensive guide for retail firms / / Felix Brunner, Thomas Rudolph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-041716-2

3-11-041722-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 p.)

Disciplina

658.87

Soggetti

Retail trade - Management

Consumer behavior

Stores, Retail

Shopping

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Strategic Perspective -- 3. The Planning Perspective -- 4. Outlook -- About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

New digital devices enable consumers to ubiquitously access the Internet and inspire them to switch between online and offline channels when shopping – a phenomenon extant research on consumer behavior terms cross-channel shopping. This considerable change in consumer behavior offers great potential for retailers worldwide to strengthen their competitiveness. Today, retail incumbents aspire to integrate their channels to offer compelling switching opportunities among all online and offline channels – an approach we coin cross-channel management. However, addressing cross-channel shoppers may entail a rise in business model complexity which can only be tackled by installing a firm-wide strategic change process. Set against this transformative background, this book offers insight into how firms can overcome said inertia and successfully transform their current channel specific business model to a much more integrated system of online



and offline channels. With the help of 71 interviews with top and middle managers in retailing, this book derives a variety of recommendations in the field of cross-channel management for retailers and manufacturers.