Retail Store Management
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Retail Store Management explores the foundational principles and practical applications necessary for effective operation and leadership within retail environments. The course covers topics such as store layout and design, merchandise planning, inventory management, pricing strategies, customer service, sales techniques, employee supervision, and the integration of technology in retail settings. Students will analyze case studies and engage in problem-solving exercises to develop strategic decision-making skills essential for maximizing store profitability and enhancing the overall customer shopping experience. Emphasis is also placed on understanding consumer behavior, adapting to market trends, and implementing ethical and sustainable business practices within the retail sector.
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Retailing 8th Edition by Patrick M. Dunne
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Chapter 1: Perspectives on Retailing
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Q1) The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)code is used to reflect the:
A) location of the retailer.
B) industrial category of the retailer.
C) type of merchandise the retailer sells.
D) size of the retailer in terms of sales dollars.
E) margin the retailer maintains in its industrial category.
Answer: C
Q2) Given the ever-changing needs of the retail environment,retail managers who possess _____ are highly sought after as these managers have the ability to quickly alter plans to accommodate changes in trends,styles and attitudes.
A) flexibility
B) leadership
C) initiative
D) enthusiasm
E) creativity
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Retail Strategic Planning and Operations Management
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Q1) Retail store managers often determine the location of their stores.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) An equity objective reflects the retailer's desire to treat the consumer and suppliers fairly and not endanger their living conditions.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following refers to a retailer's "traffic strategy"?
A) Having the right merchandise, using the right layout and display, and having the right sales force
B) Providing the appropriate level of service that the customers expect
C) Getting shoppers and converting them into customers at the lowest operating cost possible
D) Converting shoppers into customers by having them purchase merchandise
E) Getting shoppers into the store
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Retail Customers
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Q1) Customer satisfaction is important to retailers for the following reason:
A) Customer satisfaction is an integral part of the retailers mission statement and must be constantly assessed.
B) It costs the average retailer five times as much money to get a new customer into the store as it does to make a sale to current customers.
C) Customer satisfaction has a direct impact on customer segments.
D) Population, social and economic trends are crucial to a customers overall shopping experience.
E) Satisfied customers will positively affect market segmentation.
Answer: B
Q2) The transaction services offered by a retailer influence the ease with which a transaction can be completed once the customer attempts to make a purchase.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Evaluating the Competition in Retailing
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Q1) Increased state and city tobacco taxes is an example of outshopping caused by lawmakers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Because many retailers have access to the same merchandise,high-profit performing retailers have sought to use _____ in order to develop a protected niche in the marketplace so that they cannot be easily copied by the competition.
A) revenue management
B) yield management
C) asset management
D) store positioning
E) category killers
Q3) If the top four firms of an industry account for more than 60 percent to 80 percent of the market,which of the following occurs?
A) Monopolistic competition
B) Oligopoly
C) Pure monopoly
D) Pure competition
E) Perfect competition
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Chapter 5: Managing the Supply Chain
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Q1) Items for which are frequently purchased and the consumer is not willing to spend a great deal of effort to purchase are known as:
A) shopping goods.
B) industrial goods.
C) convenience goods.
D) raw materials.
E) specialty goods.
Q2) Explain how channel length and channel width can be strategically used by a retailer to position its offering in the marketplace.
Q3) One advantage of franchising is that the owner of a franchise must give up some freedom in making business decisions that the owner of a nonfranchised business would normally be allowed to make.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most franchisors normally provide financial assistance to existing franchisees. A)True B)False
Q5) Explain the key differences between a conventional marketing channel and a vertical marketing system.
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Chapter 6: Legal and Ethical Behavior
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Q1) The _____ Act requires companies to notify the government of their intent to merge.
A) Sherman
B) Clayton
C) Federal Trade Commission
D) Robinson-Patman
E) Hart-Scott-Rodino
Q2) The three most common defenses available to suppliers charged with price discrimination are:
A) changing market conditions, meeting competition, and good faith actions.
B) ignorance of law, unprofitability of the supplier, and cost justification.
C) cost justification, changing market conditions, and meeting competition.
D) unprofitability of supplier, cost justification, and meeting competition.
E) changing market conditions, meeting competition, and ignorance of law.
Q3) Retailers are the only channel members responsible for insuring product safety and reporting unsafe products.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Market Selection and Retail Location Analysis
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Q1) Explain why a retailer should be concerned with market segmentation and identifying a target market.Define and discuss the three criteria that should be met to reach a target market.
Q2) Identify the first step in the retail location decision.
A) Evaluation of the trading area's demand and supply density.
B) Identification of the most attractive markets in which to operate.
C) Evaluation of capital constraints facing the retailer.
D) Evaluation of the trading area's supply related factors.
E) Identification of the trading areas that should be ignored.
Q3) The final step in site selection is:
A) assessing the neighboring stores.
B) obtaining financing.
C) construction of a pro forma return on asset model for each possible site.
D) conducting an analysis of demand density.
E) conducting an analysis of supply density.
Q4) Population characteristics are the criteria most often used to segment markets.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain how the concepts of demand density,supply density and site availability can be used by a retailer to optimize site selection.
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Chapter 8: Managing a Retailers Finances
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Q1) The stock-to-sales ratio will fluctuate on a monthly basis because sales tend to fluctuate monthly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The first step in developing a merchandise budget is to determine the buyer's planned profit objective for the season.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following items would NOT be included on the balance sheet but would BE on the income statement?
A) Noncurrent assets
B) Cost of goods sold
C) Current liabilities
D) Net worth
E) Accounts receivable
Q4) Net sales is gross sales less returns and allowances from customers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the components of the balance sheet.
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Chapter 9: Merchandise Buying and Handling
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Q1) A(n)_____ occurs when retailers have their own products competing with the manufacturer's products for shelf space and control over display location.
A) category conflict
B) inventory shortage
C) open-to-buy
D) battle of the brands
E) vendor analysis
Q2) Seasonal discounts are now illegal in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Depth is the average number of SKUs within each brand of the merchandise line.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Gross margin return on inventory (GMROI)equals:
A) gross margin percentage / dollars invested in inventory at retail.
B) (gross margin / net sales) * (net sales / average inventory at cost).
C) gross margin percentage / inventory turnover rate.
D) net profit margin / markdown percentage.
E) (gross margin / net sales) * (net sales / average inventory at retail).
Q5) Explain the four different methods for planning dollars invested in merchandise.
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Chapter 10: Merchandise Pricing
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Q1) A retailer has a cost per unit of $22 on a pair of pants and a selling price of $38.The markup equals $22.
A)True B)False
Q2) Retailers use multiple-unit pricing to encourage additional sales and to increase profits.
A)True B)False
Q3) When a retailer increases the number of customers coming into its store by advertising a widely known and frequently purchased product below cost,it is following a _____ strategy.
A) promotional pricing
B) unit pricing
C) loss-leader pricing
D) leader pricing
E) below-market pricing
Q4) As a rule,a retailer's pricing and promotion decisions should be made independently of each other.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 11: Advertising and Promotion
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Q1) What are the four basic components of retail promotion? How are they related to the other elements of the retail mix?
Q2) Which of the following is an example of publicity?
A) Advertising your "After-Christmas" Sale the day after Thanksgiving.
B) Sponsoring a Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration and Band Concert, open free to the public.
C) Mailing special discount coupons to your credit card customers.
D) Offering a free pair of wool mittens with any purchase of a winter jacket.
E) A department store's cosmetic department providing in-store samples of the newest perfumes.
Q3) Frequency is the average number of times each person who is reached is exposed to an advertisement during a given time period.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Advertising efficiency is concerned with the extent to which an ad has produced the desired result.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss how retailers manage their sales promotion and publicity.
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Chapter 12: Customer Service and Retail Selling
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Q1) A customer-service and sales-enhancement audit can easily be performed by the retailer's own staff.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When service meets or exceeds customers' expectations,it is said to be _____ service.
A) high-quality
B) top-notch
C) high-performance
D) 100 percent guaranteed
E) exemplar
Q3) Your total sales during a six-hour shift were $1,200.Your individual performance in terms of sales per hour would be:
A) $1,200.
B) $200.
C) $2,000.
D) $400.
E) $66.
Q4) Explain the steps in the retail sales process.
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Chapter 13: Store Layout and Design
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Q1) Having a greeter in a retail store will result in more sales.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ and _____ are the two primary objectives of the store environment.
A) Effective sales management; creating a distinctive ambience
B) Creative merchandise presentation; effective store traffic control
C) Maximizing impulse purchase opportunities; effective shelf space allocation
D) Creating the desired store image; increasing space productivity
E) Maintaining a pleasant selling environment; effective merchandise control
Q3) Which element of the store's environment is concerned with the store's retail identity,graphics,and POS signage?
A) Merchandising
B) Productivity
C) Store design
D) Store planning
E) Visual communications
Q4) One of the most important considerations when planning a store's layout is visibility of the merchandise.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Managing People
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Q1) In order to achieve retail success,which of the following should be your primary focus?
A) Pricing.
B) Promotion.
C) Buying.
D) Customers.
E) Distribution.
Q2) The dominant business model of the past will continue to work well.
A)True
B)False
Q3) From a customer's perspective the real value is in the experience of using things and that is the core of understanding value and its co-creation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Place reconfiguration deals with the physical structure of the retail enterprise.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the three types of learning and their implications for retail success.
Q6) Explain the characteristics of the three era's of retailing.
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