Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 10 Issue 4
Table of contents
POS devices… Pitfalls for the unwary
Harold C. SandersonMothercare, with a long record of having successfully applied computerisation to their operations, has over the last two years or so been investigating POS devices which will…
Why do some shopping centres close down?
Julia HobdayThe ICSC entitled their seventh Annual Conference, held in Paris in the spring, The Way Ahead, and as usual most of it was given over to beautifully‐illustrated…
Superstore competition: Some trader attitudes
Alan HallsworthIn a case study at Waterlooville, Hants, parking is top of two lists of “hindrances” and “helpful factors” viewed by other retailers in the light of superstore competition. Alan…
Hypermarkets Superstores — Saturation or future growth?
Peter M. BA JonesThe growth of the hypermarket and superstore has been one of the retail phenomena of the past few years. Peter Jones estimates that in the UK these large units have provided gross…
Hard graft for gleaming chrome
Sue SharpiesWe've come to expect our retailing environments to look good, to be attractive to shoppers and to enhance the merchandise. There's nothing like a bright, new flashy fascia to…
Managers and supervisors: A problem of relationships
Julian SmithTwo new training films on working relationships — although ostensibly concerned with industry — have lessons for the retail and distributive trade.
Credit and the retailer
Brian BaileyIn the United States it is estimated that five million people have serious debt problems. In this country the credit explosion has reached nothing like the intensity of its…
An approach to cost effective distribution
Tony LeeIn the next few years, the cost of the distribution function is likely to rise from its 1979 figure of 16% of sales value to something like 17.5% in 1984. This sounds like a…
Looking for efficiency the Frigoscandia way
Mike ParkerFrigoscandia, whose latest cold store at Portbury (Bristol) came on stream earlier this year, completing its basic distribution network, is a significant computer user…
Running your own pension scheme
John C. FCII VannSmall self‐administered pension schemes, mostly arranged by directors of private companies, have a number of advantages, as our contributor describes.