International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 31 Issue 1

Canadian e‐commerce

Wieslaw Michalak, Ken Jones

Examines the importance of e‐commerce in the retail economy. The analysis is placed in the broader context of economic and social change and provides a theoretical framework for…

Identifying key factors affecting consumer purchase behavior in an online shopping context

Chung‐Hoon Park, Young‐Gul Kim

While interactions in the real world shopping are mainly based on face‐to‐face activities between consumers and service personnels, interactions in electronic commerce take place…

Unattended delivery to the home: an assessment of the security implications

Alan C. McKinnon, Deepak Tallam

As the volume of retail sales distributed to the home rises, the proportion of deliveries made when there is no one at home (i.e. “unattended”) is also likely to increase…

Value effects of corporate consolidation in European retailing

Dmitry Dragun, Elizabeth Howard

A significant number of studies have been performed to investigate generic effects of corporate consolidations on shareholder value. Sector‐focused scrutiny has been lacking…

International expansion and strategies of discount grocery retailers: the winning models

Enrico Colla

Illustrates the reasons that have determined the success or failure of the discount retailers on the international scene, through the identification and analysis of the strategic…