This book is devoted to the dynamic development of retailing. The focus is on various strategy concepts adopted by retailing companies and their implementation in practice. This is not a traditional textbook or collection of case studies; it aims to demonstrate the complex and manifold questions of retail management in the form of twenty lessons, where each lesson provides a thematic overview of key issues and illustrates them via a comprehensive case study. The examples are all internationally known retail companies, to facilitate an understanding of what is involved in strategic retail management and illustrate best practices. In the third edition, all chapters were revised and updated. Two new chapters were added to treat topics like corporate social responsibility as well as marketing communication. All case studies were replaced by new ones to reflect the most recent developments. Well-known retail companies from different countries, like Tesco, Zalando, Hugo Boss, Carrefour, Amazon, Otto Group, are now used to illustrate particular aspects of retail management.Functions, Formats and Players in RetailingStrategic Marketing in RetailingMarketing Mix in RetailingBuying, Logistics and Performance MeasurementUniv.-Professor Dr. Dirk Morschett ist Professor für Management an der Universität Fribourg/Schweiz. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich des Internationalen Managements sowie des Handelsmanagements, insbesondere Online-Handel, Betriebstypen und Retail Branding. Zu diesen Themen hat er zahlreiche Bücher und Artikel verfasst. Daneben ist er auch als Referent, Moderator und Berater in diesen Themenbereichen aktiv.Univ.-Professor Dr. Joachim Zentes ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Außenhandel und Internationales Management, an der Universität des Saarlandes, Direktor des Instituts für Handel&Internationales Marketing (H.I.MA.) an der Universität des Saarlandes sowie Direktor der Sektion Wirtschaftswissenschaft des Europa-Instituts der Universität des Saarlandes.