Akamon Management Review
Online ISSN : 1347-4448
Print ISSN : 1348-5504
ISSN-L : 1347-4448
Volume 3, Issue 10
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  • Rethinking innovation in and the function of department stores
    Kenshi Miyazoe
    2004 Volume 3 Issue 10 Pages 499-528
    Published: October 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: March 18, 2018
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    Rather than innovations in sales methods and high turnover of products and capital, Pastermadjian’s The Department Store focuses on optimization in adapting to complex product series and market changes, and the function of coordinating sales personnel to adapt to these ebbs and flows of business activity. By combining these two retail operational functions and an “integrated management function,” this study proposes that The Department Store innovation is the first in the retail sector to create this function.

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