Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 9 Issue 1

Taking it easy in the 1980s?: Retailing leisure in the next decade

Danica Ognjenovic

The following article arises from the conference given by the Henley Centre for Forecasting in late October last year, entitled “Retailing leisure in the 1980s”. Some of the data…

The birth and death of small retail units in Britain: A preliminary study

David A Kirby, David C Law

This analytical article points to the lack of retail business experience and knowledge which characterises many of the small shopkeepers across this country. It also makes clear…

Push‐button shopping: When will it happen?

Ann Foster

“The technology”, as our American friends say, “is already here” for TV shopping and ordering by home computer. The shopper will look at merchandise on a TV screen, listen to a…

Mothercare's mail order warehouse picking system — Its systems design and performance

Brian N McKibbin

In the mid‐1970s Mothercare decided to establish a new distribution centre and mail order warehouse; a number of alternative order picking systems were considered for the…

Location decisions — Factors impacting location models

James H Barnes

This paper examines location decision in the light of recent developments in areas which impact on distribution decision making. It is shown that these developments have and will…

Fuel Measurement in the road transport industry

John Farren

The Institute of Management Services held a seminar in London recently which dealt with the awesome topic of “Energy Saving in Transport and Distribution”. Whilst no machine can…