TY - BOOK AU - Varley, Rosemary TI - Retail product management: buying and merchandising SN - 415327156 AV - HF 5429 .V35 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - RETAIL TRADE N1 - Includes index; 1. Introduction to Retail Product Management : Scope and Concepts -- 2. The Role of Retail Product Managers -- 3. Category Management -- 4. Product Range Planning and Selection -- 5. Supply Sources -- 6. Ordering Quantities and Stock Control -- 7. Managing the Response to Sales -- 8. Allocating Space to Products -- 9. Retail Design -- 10. Visual Merchandising -- 11. Communicating the Product Offer -- 12. Evaluating Retail Product Management Performance -- 13. Product Management in Non-Store Retailing -- 14. International Retail Product Management N2 - This text represents a specialist text resource for students of retail management or marketing courses and modules, providing the reader with the opportunity to acquire a deeper knowledge of a key area of retailing management ER -