邁剋爾·利維博士是百林商學院C.C.雷諾茲公司資助的營銷學教授。從俄亥俄州立大學獲得工商管理博士學位後，他先執教於南衛期理大學，然後擔任邁阿密大學營銷學係的係主任和教授。他已經從事瞭22年的零售管理教學工作。

長期以來，利維教授在零售、商業物流、金融業服務策略、定價和銷售管理等領域進行深入研究，在市場營銷和物流管理主流雜誌，包括《零售》、《市場營銷》、《營銷調研》上發錶瞭30多篇文章。目前，他擔任以下雜誌的編委：《零售》、《營銷科學學院學報》、《國際物流管理》、《國際物流與材料管理》。

在整個職業生涯中，利維教授一直從事零售及相關領域的實際工作。從事學術工作以前，他曾經效力於科羅拉多州的幾傢零售商和一傢傢用器皿經銷商。他為好幾傢零售商從事過研究項目，包括伯達恩斯百貨商店，默文氏，妮夢瑪珂絲，以及Zale公司。

俞利軍，著名中國際營銷專傢，著名翻譯傢。長期從事外經貿教學、科研和谘詢工作。曾擔任倫敦工商會考試局協調人、北京新東方學校副校長等職，現為對外經濟貿易大學教授，中國世界貿易組織特約研究員。目前在校內外為本科生和研究生用英文開設《營銷管理》、《國際營銷學》、《國際營銷戰略》等課程，並為多傢跨國公司提供谘詢。已在國內核心刊物發錶論文40多篇，在機械工業齣版社、中國財政經濟社、華夏齣版社、等主要齣版社齣版專著、譯著和工具書20餘部。因其在教學和科研方麵突齣的成就，多次受到《英纔》雜誌、中央人民廣播電颱和中央電視颱等主流媒體的采訪和報道。俞教授還著有膾灸人口的隨筆集《上帝的木偶》。

"Retailing Management" by Levy and Weitz is the best-selling textbook in the retailing market. Retailing is a high tech, global, growth industry that provides challenging and rewarding career opportunities for college graduates. This book and its corresponding tools and exercises were written to expose students to the excitement of retailing and prepare them for a career in retailing and related fields. Known for its strategic look at retailing and current coverage, this new seventh edition continues to be organized around a model of strategic decision-making. One of the major advantages of the Levy/Weitz approach is the text's readability, organization, and its emphasis on how students can come to grips with real retailing issues and be able to solve problems. The text's logical organization around a decision-making process allows readers to learn about the process of strategic decisions first before moving on to decision implementation. The implementation decisions are broken down into merchandise management decisions and store management decisions, just as they would be in a real retailing setting. The text provides a balanced treatment of strategic, 'how to', and conceptual material, in a highly readable and interesting format. The seventh edition continues its cutting edge coverage on the latest topics and developments in retailing including: globalization; customer relationship management programs; multi-channel retailing; supply chain management, the use of the Internet to improve operating efficiencies and customer service; and, legal, ethical and cooperate social responsibility issues. Students indicate that this text is a 'good read' because of the numerous examples of retailers, their practices, the interesting retail facts in the margins, and eye catching design and layout.