Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 16 Issue 1
Table of contents
MARKET RESEARCH: Its potential for the progressive retailer
Montague LewisA great deal has been written and talked about lately on the application of market research techniques to the retail format. In its most obvious manifestations it has formed the…
EPoS and branch stock management
Roger M HillEPoS has been around for some years. However, it is only within the last year or two that the major retail chains have committed themselves to the widespread introduction of full…
The fading of the American dream
Carol FarmerAmericans are still chasing the heritage of the American Dream passed on to them by their parents. But there are differences between the expectations of the dream and the reality…
West Edmonton: Canada's shopping fantasy‐land
Alan HallsworthWest Edmonton Mall, in Alberta, Canada, is frequently thought of as the world's most widely‐known shopping development. By late 1985 it had become the world's largest shopping…
Shopper movement in a planned shopping centre
Stephen BrownThe internal layout of a shopping centre and the spatial relationships of the individual shop units within it are important, to retailers and planners alike. However, relatively…
Retailing in Poland
Steve Burt, Leigh SparksMost people have two basic ideas about retailing in eastern European countries — firstly that there are lots of queues, and secondly that if you are privileged there are special…
Supermarkets in China
Keith BloisChina is moving into the modern retailing age with around 150 supermarkets — though that may not seem much with a population of 1,100 million. But there are problems — prices in…
A leap forward in Merchandise Pricing: New shelf edge systems
David Freestone investigates the most important development in shelf edge pricing to emerge in recent years. He finds that its applications are far‐reaching and have major…