International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 21 Issue 1

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DESTINATION RETAILING: HIGH VOLUME, LOW GROSS MARGIN, LARGE‐SCALE FORMATS

Andrew Wileman

Discusses the opportunities to be found in“destination” retailing (drawing the consumer to the store)and “proximity” retailing (being where the consumer is) inthe USA and Europe…

TAIWANESE DEPARTMENT STORE INDUSTRY: AN OVERVIEW

Li Dong Chang, Brenda Sternquist

Traces history of Taiwan′s department store industry back to 1958when Da‐Hsin, Taiwan′s first contemporary department store, wasestablished in Kao‐Hsiung. Most of Taiwan′s…

CUSTOMER SERVICE IN SINGAPORE: LUXURY OR NECESSITY?

Lynda Chong‐Wee Keng Neo

In this fiercely competitive local retailing environment filledwith countless identical retail offerings, the use of good customerservice can help retailers gain competitive edge…

RETAILING IN SINGAPORE: COPING WITH CHANGE?

Keri Davies

The nature of retailing in Singapore has changed significantly overthe past three decades, reflecting the growing affluence of thepopulation and the influx of tourists…

EUROPEAN NEW ENTRY INTO UK GROCERY RETAILING

Robert Colin Duke

A number of competitive forces seem set to re‐shape the UK groceryretail market during the 1990s, such as superstore saturation,information technology, and the emergence of a…

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ISSN:

0959-0552

Online date, start – end:

1990

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Neil Towers