Note from the publisher

Citation

(2003), "Note from the publisher", International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 31 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm.2003.08931caa.002

Note from the publisher

Forthcoming in this journal

Issue 4

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  "Retail bank customer preferences: personal and remote interactions", by Durkin et al.

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  "An empirical evaluation of US bank customer perceptions of the impact of technology on service delivery in the banking sector", by Joseph and Stone.

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  "Client commitment relations towards financial entities", by Iniesta and Sanchez.

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  "Retailing and the regulatory state: a case study of lap dancing clubs in the UK", by Jones et al.

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  "Multi-channel mistake: the demise of a successful retailer", by Lightfoot.

Issue 5

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  "Participation in alternative retail channels: a choice or necessity?", by Williams.

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  "The food shopping experience:a satisfaction survey of older Scottish consumers", by Hare.

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  "Are co-operation and trust being confused with power? An analysis of food retailing in Australia and the UK", by Dapiran and Hogarth-Scott.

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  "Cross-cultural equivalence of price perceptions between US and Polish consumers", by Moore et al.

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  "The battle for Safeway", by Pooleet al. We are particularly pleased to bring you this topical piece at thistime. The abstract for the article isas follows:

The bid for Safeway announced by Morrisons in January 2003 ended months of speculation as to the next victim in the battle for power in the UK multiple food market. The Morrisons bid provided the catalyst for other major food retailers to express their interest in the Safeway company and its stores (also joined by a number of non-food retailers). There is little doubt that this battle raises important geographical issues. First is the spatial fit of each of the bidders and the Safeway stores. The key question is who will gain most new regional market share from the purchase of the Safeway stores. The second is the implication for local spatial monopolies in different parts of the UK depending on the likely winner. This will almost certainly be investigated by the UK Competition Commission. The aim of this paper is to examine both these geographical isues and present some what-if scenarios concerning future amalgamations of store networks.

Special issues

Special issues on their way during the remainder of the 2003 volume of this journal:

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  Issue 7 will be a Retail Insights issue featuring case studies from the 2002 conference of the European Association for Education and Research in Commercial Distribution.

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  Issue 9 will also be a Retail Insights issue featuring papers from the 2002 Contemporary Issues in Retail Marketing event.

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  Towards the end of the volume we will feature a special issue on the theme of "Social inclusion and food deserts" (put together by Graham Clarke at the University of Leeds) and an issue on "Fashion retailing" (put together by Grete Birtwistle and Christopher Moore of Glasgow Caledonian University).

Conference attendance

John Fernie, the Editor of this journal is aiming to attend the European Association for Education and Research in Commercial Distribution (EAERCD) event in Paris, which takes place in July. Adelina Broadbridge, the Retail Insights Editor is also likely to be at this event. Adelina will be at the Retail Week conference in early March and is also hoping to be at the Contemporary Issues in Retail Marketing (CIRM) event in Manchester, in September. Finallly,John Fernie is hoping to be present at the American Collegiate Retailing Association event held in Columbus, Ohio in early November.

If you have ideas for papers, special issues or any other ideas regarding contribution to IJRDM please track down John or Adelina at these events.

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