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April 25, 2018

Operational Challenges of Setting Prices According to US* Retailers, Feb 2018 (% of respondents)

Operational Challenges of Setting Prices According to US* Retailers, Feb 2018 (% of respondents)

Methodology

Data is from the April 2018 Retail Systems Research (RSR) report titled "Merchandising And Pricing 2018: Life After The Merchant Prince." 125 retailers were surveyed online during January-February 2018. Respondents identified their company's headquarters as in Asia-Pacific (1%), Europe (6%), Middle East (1%), the UK (2%) and the US (90%). Respondents identified the type of product they sell as apparel including footwear and accessories, luxury, men's and women's, kids and personal care (29%), boutique retailers (7%), consumer electronics, hard goods, home decor, improvement and auto (19%), discount, mass merchant (22%), grocery, convenience store and food & drug (21%) and hospitality, restaurant, retail services and entertainment (2%). Respondents identified their 2016 revenues as less than $50 million (10%), $51-$249 million (5%), $250-$499 million (17%), $500-$999 million (21%), $1-$5 billion (26%) and over $5 billion (21%). Respondents identified their position as C-level (36%), line manager (5%), senior management including SVP (21%), middle management including VP/director (35%) and individual contributor and other (3%).
Operational Challenges of Setting Prices According to US* Retailers, Feb 2018 (% of respondents) | EMARKETER