Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 5 Issue 6
Table of contents
Approaches to retail management: CURRYS: The largest consumer durable retailer
David WaltersCurrys, originally associated with cycles, claim now to be the largest consumer durable multiple in the UK. It has not been a good time for consumer durable retailers but…
INTERNATIONAL'S APPROACH TO PROMOTIONS: PLAIN AND SIMPLE MOVES INTO SECOND GEAR
International Stores have now started Phase 2 of their Plain and Simple promotion campaign, which offers simply presented packs at guaranteed fixed prices for three months…
Habitat moves to the new world
Ann FosterHabitat recently opened up new terri‐tory by starting its first store in America in New York — although the first tiresome problem they had to overcome was a change of name to…
The story behind Tesco's stamp decision: And the company's policy for the future
Ian Mac LaurinTesco's decision in June to drop trading stamps was not simply a matter of promotional change, but an essential element in the formulation of the whole trading policy of the…
The food industry and its problems
Derrick HornbyThe costs of feeding the nation are of various kinds — raw materials, labour, marketing and distribution. There is also the cost of government intervention, and membership of the…
THE COMING YEARS IN DISTRIBUTION: THE INFLUENCE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Bob FCIT BeckhamWhat will be the effects in the near future of computer technology on physical distribution? Bob Beckham thinks that “significant and considerable” possibilities will be opened up…
Boots and WH Smith: Two uniquely successful multiples
The boom in retail sales forecast for the current year has definitely failed to materialise. In the first three quarters in 1976 the volume of sales was down by 3% on the level of…