DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS FACING RETAILERS IN TOWN CENTRES

Abstract

“With mounting costs of distribution and the need for distributors to reduce journeys and increase drop sizes … the position of the small shop within inner areas is becoming ever more precarious.” It was in reference to this text that John Harvey was invited to speak to this year's PTRC Summer Annual Meeting at Warwick University. His approach, necessarily, is that of a physical distributor, and in this paper he sketches the development of UK physical supply systems into the retail trade and identifies the major factors of change. He then examines the retail delivery profiles of the different sub‐sectors within the total retailing system, before looking at current problems and emerging trends in retail delivery practice, and specifically relating these to the smaller outlet.

Citation

Harvey, J. (1977), "DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS FACING RETAILERS IN TOWN CENTRES", Retail and Distribution Management, Vol. 5 No. 5, pp. 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017913