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Retail has always been a dynamic industry but right now it is going through an unprecedented pace of change. Seismic economic shifts and breath-taking technological advances are changing the shopping...

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Big Biba, the final flowering of Barbara Hulanicki's legendary Biba store in London, was a shop like no other, before or since. It was a fabulous fantasy palace that brought...

Master the fashion ideas that shape the world of style today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, Jessica Bumpus introduces and explains the central ideas, trends and inventions of...

Behind the Scenes at Harrods presents a fascinating and often surprising perspective on a 150 year-old institution from which most people are excluded. The full-colour photographs are accompanied by an...

What every teen needs to feel great in their own skin - now a Sunday Times bestseller! Being a teenager is hard - add in hormones, breakouts and an avalanche...

Advantage play. noun. legal methods used to gain an advantage, in contrast to cheating. Advantage Play tells the dramatic stories of thirteen technological breakthroughs in two thousand years of sporting...

Do McDonald's use real eggs? Do they only hire children? How do you buy your own store? Michele Layet answers all these questions, and many more, by drawing on her...

STARBUCKED is the first book to explore the incredible rise of the Starbucks Corporation and the caffeine-crazy culture that fuelled its success. Part Fast Food Nation , part social history,...

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! * THE MUST-READ NOUGHTIES NOSTALGIA MEMOIR * 'Hilarious' CAITLIN MORAN 'Witty, gossipy, self-effacing and deeply nostalgic, this is a joy for all of us who...

How to unleash "human magic" and achieve improbable results. Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and orchestrator of the retailer's spectacular turnaround, unveils his personal playbook for achieving extraordinary...

What every teen needs to feel great in their own skin - now a Sunday Times bestseller! Being a teenager is hard - add in hormones, breakouts and an avalanche...

A showcase of the most exciting, innovative and successful window displays worldwide, this book offers inspiration and guidance to visual merchandisers and retailers who need to create eye-catching window designs...

THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER 'A profoundly compassionate, educational reflection on death' - The Irish Times When death is a way of life . . . In A Life Among the...

'A gripping but utterly heartrending read' - The Sunday Times 'A must-read for beauty fans and budding entrepreneurs alike' - Glamour Jo Malone is the inspirational British businesswoman responsible for...

The future of fashion; in essence, this is the theme of the collection of photographs and essays in Global Fashion Local Tradition edited by Jan Brand and Jose Teunissen. Fashion...

Embark on a captivating journey through the ages with Shelf Life, a meticulously crafted exploration of bookselling and publishing spanning two millennia. This engaging narrative, designed for book lovers of...

The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan's first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to...

"Venice Botteghe" is dedicated to those who already know the Venice of museums and carnivals, but who wish to deepen their knowledge through the products of those who continue today,...

The book titled Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897 - 1939 by the author Oliver S. Heal. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

A history of color and commerce from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design.When the fashion industry declares that lime green is the new black, or instructs us to...

Retail is defined by disruption; companies either adapt or are replaced by those that will. More so than ever learning how to reframe your business, apply change and stay innovative...

The rules of fashion have changed. The new digital era is all about being seen, liked and inspired. So how do we define ourselves through style? And why has the...

David Russell knows there is more to bike riding in Melbourne than the weekend bunch at Beach Road and it shows. From Altona to Frankston Where to Ride Melbourne features...

A Business Built to Last is a memoir about the evolution of a highly successful and dynamic financial services business, Hewison Private Wealth. Established in 1985, the business' founder, John...

How a global industry icon was created right here in Australia - with insights, stories and recipes from a co-founder of Four Pillars Gin How did a small business from...

Festivals and special events have grown into a massive industry worldwide, generating billions of dollars for regional centers, states, and countries. Festival and Special Event Management provides a comprehensive overview...

This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing...

The acclaimed New York Times bestseller-an explosive, inside look at the demise of a Wall Street giant The fall of Bear Stearns in March 2008 set off a wave of...

Straight talk and tough love on power, beauty, and the art of the sale Called the "Queen of Beauty" and the most influential lone woman to impact the beauty industry...

Explores marketing, financial, and personnel management concepts for small retail businesses.

Wal-Mart's mighty presence is no longer restricted to America. To the alarm of the UK retail sector, June 1999 saw Wal-Mart devour Asda. And given Wal-Mart's track record in the...

Intended for business students and managers who want to become more customer-oriented, this book focuses on helping managers develop information skills for understanding customers' perceptions of value and satisfaction.

Coinciding with the opening of the glamorous, new Russian Tea Room, former owner Faith Stewart-Gordon's charming and revealing memoir shows why this legendary restaurant lives up to its reputation --...

Praise for The Nordstrom Way "Outstanding customer service and Nordstrom's are synonymous. The innovative approach has allowed them to find out what the customers want and then do it. Their...

Founded by Jack Cohen 70 years ago, Tesco has developed from street market to corner, shop, self-sevice to supermarket and Green Shield stamps, superstore to hypermarket. Superficially a story of...

WOW Your VIP Guests And Boost Your Business Whether you run a casino, resort, club, hotel, restaurant or conference centre, it has never been harder to compete for your guests'...

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and...

Real life gems from the Aussie icon. I have learned that love is what really matters... My life experiences brought about that discovery. I deeply wish that you learn unconditional...

"Sayarer is a precise and passionate writer . . . The vast energy of his commitment to discover, observe and communicate makes for engrossing, often incandescent prose. We need writers...

Few if any Australian journalists have mastered the art of long-form sports writing better than Mike Colman. Trent Dalton, author of the mega-seller Boy Swallows Universe, knows this too well,...

The period 2000 - 2002 will witness the single greatest change in global economic and business conditions ever-the realignment from traditional corporate structure to Internet-leveraged styles of brand-owning, customer-focused companies....

What do Citicorp, UPS, and Marriott have in common? They are "breakthrough" service providers, firms that changed the rules of the game in their respective industries by consistently exceeding customer...

In What Not to Wear we established the rules for dressing to suit your body shape. While you now know which skirt to avoid and which dress length to wear,...

This work investigates the current state of selling, whether groceries, politicians, information or motorcars. Like no other phenomenon, "retailization" reflects the complexity and ubiquity of information flows, processes and convergence...