Retailing Developments in the Netherlands
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management
ISSN: 0269-8218
Article publication date: 1 May 1983
Abstract
In this paper, we want to describe the current trends in distribution and distribution research in the Netherlands. Because this is an extensive area, we restrain ourselves and focus on general economic developments that apply to shopping behaviour; on the regional distribution of stores and concentration trends; on shopping centre developments, on functional versus fun shopping for convenience goods and shopping/speciality goods, respectively; on price vs. service distribution and on store image research. In the discussion section, we conclude that psychological variables are necessary complements to economic variables in distribution research, and that only a few studies investigate actual shopping behaviour instead of perceptions and evaluations only.
Citation
van Raaij, F. and Floor, K. (1983), "Retailing Developments in the Netherlands", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management, Vol. 13 No. 5/6, pp. 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014570
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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