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Store Types

Store Types. Department Store. Offers lines of merchandise in three categories: furniture, home finishings, and general apparel. Carries high quality merchandise with sales people to help you. Has higher costs. For example: Dillard's, JC Penny, Nordstrom. Specialty Store.

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Store Types

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  1. Store Types

  2. Department Store • Offers lines of merchandise in three categories: furniture, home finishings, and general apparel. • Carries high quality merchandise with sales people to help you. • Has higher costs. • For example: Dillard's, JC Penny, Nordstrom

  3. Specialty Store • Handles a limited variety of goods but with an extensive assortment within each variety. • Doesn’t have as many choices. • For example: Accents, Brats, Wig Shop

  4. Boutiques • Are a type of specialty store. • They are small shops that carry unusual, often “arty” merchandise • They go out of business if not properly established. • For example: Persian Peacock, Poco Loco, Brats

  5. Discount Stores • Are departmentalized retail stores which use many self-serve techniques. • They offer lower prices. • They are like large box stores and carry seconds. • For example: Ross, TJ Max, Down East Outfitters

  6. Chain Stores • Are a group of stores that are owned, managed, and controlled by a central office. • They offer lower prices than department stores. • Everyone may be wearing the same thing as you. • For example: American Eagle, Old Navy, Vanity, Pac Sun

  7. Factory Outlet Stores • Can be similar to manufacturer-owned stores. Outlets appeal to buyers looking for a good buy. • They carry overruns and seconds. • The customer has to travel farther; the latest styles are not always available. • For example: Nike Outlet, Carter’s Outlet, Gap Outlet, Tommy Hilfiger Outlet

  8. Electronic Shopping • Shopping over the Internet. • The customer can stay in the comfort of his/her own home. • Special closeout pricing is available. • The customer can not try on items and must pay shipping. • For example: JC Penny, Old Navy, Gap, E-bay

  9. Telephone/Mail Order • A company that offers a variety of merchandise by catalog. Orders are placed over the phone. • The customer can’t try on items before purchasing, must pay for shipping; colors and designs may be different after they are received. • For example: Chadwicks, Dalias, JC Penny, Spiegel

  10. When to Shop?

  11. Hangtags • Hangtags are detachable signs.

  12. Labels • Labels are permanently attached to garments on the inside where they do not show. They are made of ribbon or cloth. A label gives fiber content and care instructions.

  13. Packaging • Packaging is the covering, wrapper, or container in which some merchandise is placed.

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