Retail Operation and Management

About the Book

Retail Operation & Management is a contemporary book, which will enable the readers to thrive in today’s retailing industry. It advocates one of the fundamental principles that retailers have to plan for and adapt to an ever-changing and complex environment. Without a pre-planned strategy, retailers may fail and be unable to align with the market scenerios. This book will help readers become good retail planner and decision maker.

About the Author

Gajanan Shirke, a Hotel Consultant, has years of extensive experience in the hospitality industry. His thirst for learning and aspiration to become a multi-faceted expert in the hotel industry helped him rise from an employee to become an independent professional in the hospitality sector. After his last assignment as the General Manager at Kamat Hotels, he became a renowned hotel consultant with a proven track record of developing, training and growing some of the best-known hotels, restaurants and fast-food joints in the Indian market. He was appointed as an Expert Consultant for The Eighth meeting of the Board of Studies for Hotel Management & Catering Technology. He is a visiting faculty at various hotel management colleges and has trained over a thousand hospitality professionals. He has completed numerous pre and post opening of hotel consultancies in India and Overseas.

In order to spread his extensive knowledge to aspiring hotel professionals, Gajanan has penned a large number of books targeting different segments of the hospitality industry. Starting from his first book ‘Bar Management and Operations’ published in 2010, he has written 58 books including:- Hospitality Management, Food and Beverage Management, Hotel Engineering Management, Front Office Management, Hotel Housekeeping Management, The Cookery Trilogy: Advance Cookery Theory, The Cookery Trilogy: Foundation of Cookery, The Cookery Trilogy: The Basic Cookery Book, Hotel Sales and Marketing, Hospitality Industry Accounting & Fundamentals, Customer Interaction Excellence in Hospitality, History of Indian Cuisine – Volume 1, History of Indian Cuisine – Volume 2, Hotel Owner’s Manual, Hotel Security & Prevention, Training Manager’s Manual, Exceptional Service In Hospitality Six Sigma Way, etc.