BA495 Retail Management
Fall 2007 

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Date	Chap	Description	Article	Retailer	Call of the Mall (COTM)
Sept 24	1	Perspectives in Retailing			Form Groups
Sept 26	2	Retail Strategic Planning and Operations Wal-Mart (Frontline)			COTM 1,2
Oct 1	3	Retail Customers	Group O	Group D	COTM 3,4
Oct 3	4	Evaluating the Competition in Retailing	Group F	Group C
Oct 8	5	Managing the Supply Chain	Group K	Group M	COTM 5,6
Oct 10	6	Legal and Ethical Behavior	Group H	Group R
Oct 15	7	Market Selection and Retail Location Analysis	Group I	Group E	COTM 7
Oct 17	7	Market Selection and Retail Location Analysis	Group G	Group A	COTM 8,9
Oct 22		Mid-term
Oct 24	12	Customer Services and Retail Selling Guest Speaker Target	Group L	Group I
Oct 29		Customer Services and Retail Selling Guest Speaker Nordstrom	Group B	Group H Group Q	COTM 10,11
Oct 31	13	Store Layout and Design	Group N	Group L	COTM 12,13
Nov 5		Store Layout and Design	Group P	Group O
Nov 7	14	Managing Human Resources	Group A	Group K	COTM 14,15
Nov 12	8	Managing a Retailer’s finances	Group D Group Q	Group F	COTM 16,17
Nov 14	9	Merchandise Buying and Handling Presentation 595	Group E Group S	Group J	COTM 18,19
Nov 19	10	Merchandise Pricing	Group M	Group P Group N	COTM 20,21
Nov 21	Thanksgiving Break
Nov 26	11	Advertising and Promotion	Group C	Group G Group S	COTM 22,23
Nov 28			Group J Group R	Group B
December 3rd		TEST #2 9:30 a.m.