Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 1 Issue 4

CTNs˜a voluntary group solution?

Ray Davey

The failure of independents in non‐food sectors to adapt themselves to the voluntary group structure has been one of the features of the recent retail scene. But now there are…

EARNINGS OF PART‐TIME WORKERS IN RETAILING

Olive Robinson, John Wallace

In this second of a series of articles dealing with aspects of wage payment and employment in retail distribution, the authors turn their attention to the question of part‐time…

Second Innings for Albert Gubay: An exclusive interview

Christine Moir

Headlines were made when Kwik Save's chief and founder Albert Gubay gave up control of his company early this year and abruptly left for New Zealand. One of the most successful of…

RETAILING IN EUROPE: The challenge ahead

The Financial Times had a full house for their recent conference on Retailing in Europe. Chaired by Lady Hall, Fellow of Somerville College and an RDM Advisory Board member, and…

DESIGN CONSULTANCY: ˜ A new concept

Alan Topalian

The idea of the design consultant as somebody who comes into the board room and makes bright suggestions about the colour of the vehicles and the typeface on the stationery is…

LANDAIR'S HI‐FI DEPARTMENT STORE

Bennie Linden

An unusual and ambitious retail development recently opened in London's Tottenham Court Road. Described as Britain's first department store devoted to hi‐fi, audio and video…

TALKING SHOP

Donald Wright

This is the first of a new occasional feature which will offer comment on topical aspects of the distributive scene. The pseudonym adopted by the author cloaks the anonymity of an…

IMPUTATION

From time to time we have had occasion to refer to earnings per share in terms of the new ‘imputation’ system of company taxation. This is a somewhat complex system and we have…