Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 1 Issue 1
Table of contents
FAIR TRADING
David JonesRetailers may be forgiven if they have filed away the Government's Fair Trading Bill for future reference, and got on with the business of boosting turnover this Christmas.
A ROGUE RETAILER: TRAGO MILLS: a success story
Christine MoirA retailing company in Cornwall, which was established seven years ago with a working capital of £2,000, now brings in a pre‐tax profit of 16% on a turnover of £3½m. At the same…
PLANNING FOR RETAILING IN LONDON & PARIS
Nigel MoorTwo metropolitan cities of similar size and less than 400 Kilometres apart, yet London and Paris display vastly contrasting patterns of retailing. Retailing, unlike manufacturing…
DEVELOPING NEW MARKETS
Roger CoxJob advertisements over the past two or three years have increasingly used the word ‘development’ as part of the job description or title. A whole range of industry has been…
RETAILING IN EUROPE:: Are we falling behind?
Edward McFadyenThe trend towards large scale retailing, both on the continent and in the UK, is leading inexorably towards a polarisation of outlets which is creating signficant gaps in our…
THE NAME OF THE GAME IS FRANCHISING
Ray DaveyThe catering industry forms the subject of our first market analysis report. It is an industry which has been much criticised for its indifferent marketing and its inefficient use…
Some comments about training in distribution
Ken LawrenceAny article about training poses problems of theme. Should the theme be that of faith healing? Such a theme to indicate that ‘training costs money and may show no immediate reward…
MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF VAT
Robert H GrimsleyThe basic differences between VAT and purchase tax, apart from the wider range of goods and services subject to the new tax are:
THE AMERICAN RETAILING SCENE
Stanley H. HollanderAmerican retailing is sometimes depicted as a collection of gigantic air‐conditioned enclosed exurban shopping malls populated by large scale enterprises that feature unlimited…