International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 39 Issue 5

Retailers' preparedness for the introduction of third wave (ubiquitous) computing applications: A survey of UK companies

Roger Bennett, Sharmila Savani

The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of readiness of large UK based retailing companies for the introduction of ubiquitous computing (U‐computing) retailing…

Factors determining inshopping in rural US communities: Consumers' and retailers' perceptions

Katy Mullis, Minjeong Kim

The purpose of this study is to determine factors influencing rural consumers' inshopping behaviours and to examine rural retailers' perceptions of the current rural retailing…

Does formality matter?: Effects of employee clothing formality on consumers' service quality expectations and store image perceptions

Ruoh‐Nan Yan, Jennifer Yurchisin, Kittichai Watchravesringkan

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, this study aims to understand whether and how sales employee clothing style would influence consumers' perceptions of store image…

An empirical multi‐method investigation of price knowledge in food retailing

Peter Kenning, Vivian Hartleb, Helmut Schneider

This paper aims to add insights on consumers' price knowledge in food retailing using a theory‐based multi‐method approach.

Editorial

Neil Towers