One challenge for booksellers, they said, was finding the balance between selling their core product without overwhelming it with the presence of coffee, baked goods, gifts and other merchandise.
As for Marks & Spencer, its underlying sales in core general merchandise fell a worse-than-expected 2.1% over three months - because few bought winter clothes in warm October - but nudged up slightly, by 0.5%, in the last two months.
With her management-speak about "core values," "visual merchandising" and the "huge opportunity for growth" she sees in accessories, jewelry and shoes, Ms. Giannini sounds more like a marketing director than a creative force.
American military testers pronounced the device no more useful than pure chance, its core an electronic merchandise tag designed to foil shoplifters.
In the second quarter — its most recent — eBay's core marketplace gross merchandise volume rose 12percentt, with international growth besting domestic expansion.
Fifty years ago in this country, advertising was a mere adjunct to the selling of consumer goods; nowadays it lies at the core of the whole merchandising and consuming process.
With 70,000 square feet of selling space it is one of the larger units the company has opened and encompasses the full breadth of the RH merchandising story: core interiors furniture and furnishings, RH Modern, outdoor, teen and baby and child, and home décor.
A renewed focus on core brands and licensed merchandise has led to strong results in the past year.
What you see is a very mixed bag when you think about the core customer and the merchandise offerings of these different retailers.
Maritime transport is at the core of international trade in merchandises.
