Smart retail : winning ideas and strategies from the most successful retailers in the world

350 Pages·2017·1.909 MB·English

by  Hammond, Richard

‘The heart of every retail success is the delivery of a great customer experience.
In mapping out how to do that, this book is worth its weight in gold.’
Ian Shepherd, Chief Commercial Offi cer, Odeon and UCI
F O U R T H E D I T I O N
SMART
RETAIL
Winning ideas and strategies
from the most successful
retailers in the world
R I C H A R D H A M M O N D
Praise for Smart Retail
‘The heart of every retail success is the delivery of a great
customer experience. In mapping out how to do that, this
book is worth its weight in gold.’
Ian Shepherd, Chief Commercial
Officer, Odeon and UCI
‘Take a look around a Majestic store today, where we are growing
like-for-likes, and you can see many of Richard’s principles at
work. I highly recommend Smart Retail as part of any retailer’s
essential toolkit.’
Rowan Gormley, CEO, Majestic Wine PLC
‘Clear thinking with practical retail insight to get to innovative
yet pragmatic ideas.’
Alex Windle, Marketing Director, BP
‘Richard is a deep well of retail knowledge and best practice
and communicates his ideas in a hugely compelling manner.’
Wilf Walsh, CEO, Carpetright PLC
‘A toolkit of retailing skills to take you beyond survival, to super-
performance.’
Angus Thirlwell, Founder,
Hotel Chocolat
‘A really practical and helpful guide, essential reading for anyone
involved in retailing.’
Charles Dunstone, Founder and
Chairman, The Carphone Warehouse
‘Congratulations on pulling together such a comprehensive list
of essential learnings.’
Cliff Burrows, Group President USA
and Americas, Starbucks
‘This book is full of good, practical things to make running
stores that bit easier to get right.’
Julian Richer, Chairman and
Founder, Richer Sounds
‘A wonderful insight into the world of retailing. A fun and
inspiring read.’
Vittorio Radice, Saviour of Selfridges
‘Very much to the point and a great practical guide to retailing.’
John Thornton, former Chairman, Thorntons
‘Gets to the core of the excitement in successful retailing.’
Professor John Dawson, Founder, the Institute
for Retail Studies, University of Sterling
‘A book about doing it.’
Allan Leighton, retailing legend
‘Retailing needs smart people, and Richard Hammond is a smart
guy who provides good advice on how to improve stores and
build a better business.’
Nick Bubb, Britain’s leading
retail analyst
Smart Retail
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Smart Retail
Winning ideas and strategies from the
most successful retailers in the world
Fourth edition
Richard Hammond
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First published 2003 (print)
Second edition 2007 (print)
Third edition 2011 (print and electronic)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hammond, Richard (Retail management consultant), author.
Title: Smart retail : winning ideas and strategies from the most successful
   retailers in the world/Richard Hammond.
Description: Fourth edition. | Harlow, England, UK: Pearson Education,
   [2016] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016042270 (print) | LCCN 2016051606 (ebook) | ISBN
   9781292082202 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781292082233
Subjects:  LCSH: Retail trade—Management.
Classification: LCC HF5429 .H2824 2016 (print) | LCC HF5429 (ebook) | DDC
   658.8/7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016042270
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Smart Retail will always be dedicated to customers; without
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Contents
About the author xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction to the fourth edition xiv
Why retailing? xvii
Part 1
The seven secrets of modern retail 1

Introduction: how customers have
taken charge 3
1
Retail secret one: low friction and high
reward 9
2
Retail secret two: what’s the
Big Idea? 35
3
Retail secret three: want? Got. Need! 57
4
Retail secret four: “I’m just looking” 77
5
Retail secret five: I choose stories 101
6
Retail secret six: the everywhere
store 133
7
Retail secret seven: “we love working
here” 153
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