Nowadays, the final consumer has multiple channels to choose from to buy products. Shopping can be done offline as well as online. Although, multiple stores in the middle segment, such as V&D and Blokker, are in difficulty. More and more businesses are integrating online into their offline businesses, …

Zijn conceptstores, rent-a-shelf stores en pop-up stores een kans om de leegstand tegen te gaan in centra van steden met meer dan 100.000 inwoners in Nederland? Wegens verschillende redenen neemt leegstand toe. Op veel vlakken sluiten de wensen van deze retailers aan op leegstaande panden. Daarbij spelen …

Binnenkort neemt Thijs Kemmeren afscheid van de Fontys Economische Hogeschool Tilburg. Om precies te zijn: op donderdag 5 maart as. Thijs was vanaf 1998 docent bij SPECO en de Johan Cruyff University. Hij had een grote betrokkenheid bij de BVVS. Jarenlang was hij bestuurslid en hoofdredacteur van het …

Kavinuko prekyba JSC is a Lithuanian private limited liability company. Gurman’s is the main coffee and tea brand of Kavinuko prekyba. The main business activity of the company is wholesale and retail of naturally flavoured high quality coffee. Company is willing to find more partners abroad and expand …

This report presents a detailed analysis of the German market concerning bakeries as well as a detailed recommendation to Bakker Bart on whether they should enter the German market. This research evolved from five years of experience as a floor manager at the store Bakker Bart in Gouda. As a European …

HaloSoundCast is een nieuw bedrijf. Het bedrijf is opgericht naar aanleiding van de mogelijkheden die gecreëerd worden door de verschuiving van fysieke winkels naar online. Door middel van een directionele speaker wil HaloSoundCast de beleving, service en informatievoorziening op een fysieke locatie …

Consumers expect product availability as well as product quality and safety in retail outlets. When designing or re-designing fruit and vegetables supply chain networks one has to take these demands into consideration next to traditional efficiency and responsiveness requirements. In food science literature, …

Small retail entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are confronted with declining turnover and ROI. A decrease and even disappearance of small retail in town centres, suburbs and villages is not just a loss of income for the people involved. It constitutes also a loss of attractiveness and economic viability …

This thesis is designed as an assignment of the Foundation Work Incubator (SWI) for a client based in Estonia. The client contacted the Foundation with the question whether a risk assessment could be conducted in order to determine if establishing a retail franchise in cooperation with a Dutch franchisor …