Retail & Visual Merchandising
Subject Specialist
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| Tim Suttie | |
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| Richmond Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9425 5566 |
| Email: | tsuttie2@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Reference Resources
- Visual Merchandising : Window and In-Store Displays for Retail, by Tony Morgan, 2008
- Don't Stuff up the Retail Sale : the Definitive Guide to the Retail Sales Process, by Wendy Berry, 2008
- Retail Marketing : a Branding and Innovation Approach, by Dale Miller, 2008
- Greentailing and Other Revolutions in Retail : Hot Ideas that are Grabbing Customers' Attention and Raising Profits, by Neil Z Stern, 2008
- The Why of the Buy : Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing, by Patricia Mink Rath, 2008
Oxford Reference Online offers links to a variety of subject-specific resources
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Websites
- Service Skills Australia
- Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association - Victorian Branch
- Retail Operations Toolbox
- Retailer Toolbox - Kangan Institute
- Demodeks Modular Retail Solutions
- PCA Packaging Council of Australia Inc
- Nelson Martins Design
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. retail, display, visual, design) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
|---|---|
| Retail trade | 658.87 |
| Selling | 658.85 |
| Retail management | 658.802 & 658.87 |
| Consumer behaviour | 658.8343 |
| Sales management | 658.81 |
| Franchising | 658.8708 |
| Visual merchandising | 747.8521 |
| Gift wrapping | 745.54 |
| Retail module books | 381.1071 |
- First Steps in a Retail Career, by Mark Wrice 3rd ed. Macmillan, 2009. - 658.87 WRI
- First Steps in Retail Management, by Mark Wrice 2nd ed. Macmillan, 2004. - 658.802 WRI
- What Great Retailers Do : 50 keys to make your shop a winner : plus 9 key retailers discuss their strategies, their unique practices and their secrets! by David Jenkin Baraka House, 2006. - 658.8700994 JEN
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
These two databases give you online access to thousands of journals with many in your field of interest. Search an entire database using keywords or search journals individually.
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Useful search terms include: fashion merchandising, packaging, retail stores, display of merchandise
Titles include: Retail Trade, Business Franchise, Packaging News
Infotrac: General OneFile
Titles include: Retailing Today, Paperboard Packaging
Stylesight- Content and technology provider for professionals in the style, fashion and design sectors
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your
Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)
Magazines
- VMSD (Visual Merchandising & Store Design) - 659.105 VMS
- Inspirations - 747.852 INS
- Wallpaper - 747.05 WAL
- FRAME - 747 FRA
DVD/Videos
- Apply Point of Sale Handling Procedures - 659.157 APP
- Visual Merchandising 5 - 659.157 VIS
- The Way We Dress the Meaning of Fashion - 391 WAY
- By design - 391 LOO
