German retailing: The trends become sharper

Abstract

Retailing in Germany is not in particularly good shape at the moment, according to the influential commentator, Theo Werdin. Department stores performance is poor, with indifferent profit‐to‐turnover ratios; legal restraints abound — even though some of them, such as the regulation to restrict superstore building — seem to have had little effect. But still the great combines — that unique feature of German retailing, the department store and variety chain store under single control — continue to experiment with concepts, profiles, and change. This is a shortened version of the paper read by Theo Werdin at the international conference of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute last autumn.

Citation

Werdin, T. (1979), "German retailing: The trends become sharper", Retail and Distribution Management, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 36-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017978