Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

The future of grocery retailing in the UK: PART I

Vincent Killen, Rob Lees

Over the last ten years the structure of the UK retail grocery sector has changed substantially, with concentration and centralisation being the key features. Store size has…

The French hypermarket: Could it be developed in the States?

Andre Tordjman

Both America and France, at different periods, have been rich in retail innovation. One of the most interesting formats to emerge from France has been the hypermarket, a concept…

Own labels: An adjunct to brands?

Leslie de Chernatony

With grocery brands manufacturers trying to respond to the increasingly concentrated retailing environment and the significant investment in own labels by retailers, a less than…

Downtown in Canada

Alan Hallsworth

The downtown areas of many Canadian cities are very different from those in the United States — or if comes to that, from many in this country. They are, for the most part…

Improving staff effectiveness: Labour scheduling in the smaller retail outlet

PG Fox

Thorntons the confectioners have recently up‐graded their shops (over 180 in the UK) to introduce the “gifting” concept, with both self‐selection of packaged items and a survery…