零售管理专家约翰·霍尔纳先生来到中国以后,深深地爱上了这片土地,把自己50多年的零售管理经验总结成书,无私地奉献给了中国的零售业同行。他认为零售管理就像是厨师做一份可口、美味的菜肴,首先必须把所有的食材配齐,才能有相应的出品;越好的食材,出品越好。而天才厨师更会在合适的时间放进适量的食材,烹饪出更美味的菜肴。那些零售管理经验就像指引厨师的一道道食谱,本书中“食谱”一词也由此而来。
霍尔纳先生在印第安纳州的LS Ayres工作时,因为成功派出商务考察团对中国进行了友好、成功的商务访问,而被时任美国总统里根先生亲笔致函恭贺。
霍尔纳先生分别于2015年7月4日和7月5日在广州和上海与读者分享了他扎实的、全地域的、全方位的零售运营宝典, 带着我们重温了那些看似平常,却卓有成效的零售管理技巧英文原著目录:(Contents)
● Chapter 1–Customers / 1
They are the ones who decide if the chef has got it right!
● Chapter 2–Stores / 17
This is the beautiful table where the retail “dinner” is served to the customers.
● Chapter 3–Buyers,
Suppliers & Stock Management / 53
These are the chefs who source and prepare the repast for the customers.
● Chapter 4–Marketing, PR
& Communications / 105
Your restaurant will not be a very big success if no one knows about it. You have spent so much time and effort creating the perfect “dish”–how will anyone know?
● Chapter 5–Strategy / 115
Good “scratch” cooks can whip up a delicious meal from whatever they find in the refrigerator but a really great chef plans ahead for the menu, the ingredients, how and when it will be prepared and how and when it will be served.
●Chapter 6–“Investment”vs.“Expense” / 131
Are you “spending money”or“investing money”–there is a huge difference!
● Chapter 7–People / 137
Who is in the kitchen and how good are they? Who is serving and how good are they? Can you ever imagine a really great restaurant running without the people who make it what it is?
● Chapter 8–Tips & Truisms / 185
There is no substitute for experience and doing it yourself but it is possible to learn faster by paying attention to those who have done it successfully before.
● Postscript / 219
● Comments from Retailers / 223
● Appendix–Some of My
Favourite Recipes / 236
约翰· 霍尔纳(John Hoerner),前美国L.S. Ayres, 英国Debenhams连锁百货、 The Burton Group集团、 Arcadia Group集团、Tesco UK Clothing and Tesco Central European Clothing首席执行官。现任Tesco国际服装业务战略顾问。
罗卫平,前香港太古资源有限公司全国零售经理,上海禄泰贸易公司商品总监,上海信俊贸易发展有限公司董事总经理。现任上海信俊董事会战略顾问,独立品牌服饰企业顾问