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Buying for profit

RA Forrester (A retail management consultant and also Senior Lecturer in Retail Management at the School of Management Studies, St Helens.)

Retail and Distribution Management

ISSN: 0307-2363

Article publication date: 1 February 1983

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Abstract

One of the vital roles of retail buyers is an ability to strike good deals for their companies — haggling over that precious 1% which could mean a profit increase of 20%. The foremost skill involved is the art of negotiation, and for those not born with such an aptitude, but who would benefit by achieving it, the St Helens School of Management Studies has designed a course to train buyers in such strategies. Bob Forrester reports.

Citation

Forrester, R. (1983), "Buying for profit", Retail and Distribution Management, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 14-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018176

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1983, MCB UP Limited

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