Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 10 Issue 5
Table of contents
The shape of retail trading policies
Peter DavisPolicy is a very individual matter for each company concerned, in Peter Davis' view, hence it is virtually impossible to try to identify other people's trading policies. What he…
How retailers use marketing information in the USA
Nigel PiercyThe use of marketing information by retailers has developed to a greater degree in the States than in this country, according to Nigel Piercy. He visited a number of organisations…
Videotext in the High Street: The impact on retailer and consumer
John V. Marti, Anthony J. ZeilingerTeletext and Viewdata, recently developed information technologies collectively known as Videotext, could have a significant effect on the retail sector over the next few years…
The case for the village shop
David KirbyIt is a long time now since the major grocery groups — with the possible exception of the Co‐ops — have thought of villages as likely locations. Equally, small shops themselves…
Decision‐making for retail stock investment
David FreestoneSystems Control Technology, an American subsidiary of BP has developed a solution to the problem of making the most of buying opportunities when price cuts and other promotions…
Managing for profit
R.A. ForresterWhat can a manager do to contribute to profitability? It needs rather more than telling the last one out at night to turn out the lights, or being polite to customers. Our…
Fork lift trucks: the great forward leap
Ivor WilliamsMost people think the fork lift truck hasn't changed much in the last twenty years. They could be wrong. In fact, our contributor thinks that the “re‐shaping” of the truck has now…