Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 12 Issue 4

Retailers' rival strategies for the 1980s

Sue Sharples

In an effort to win back consumer spending that is increasingly being diverted into areas not covered by the retail sector, such as housing, cars, entertainment and holidays, it…

Breaking the code: Merchandise marking in retail pharmacies

Gil Jones

For some time the pharmacy sector has been in the unusual position of having two codes at its disposal — the standard EAN code and its own Pharmacists Interface Product (PIP…

Getting the shop in the right place: The practical application of locational techniques

Michael W Poynor

Controversy and well‐argued differences of opinion are the hallmarks of a successful conference, and these were certainly evident at RMDP's second conference on “Techniques for…

Snob joins the '80s

Sue Sharples

Snob, the women's fashion chain, was a typical sixties product — brash, crude, with red interiors decked about with Portobello Road pseudo twenties enamel advertisements, and so…

Alternatives to EFTPOS: 2: Time to let the CAT out of the bag?

Tim Kingaby

The first part of this article, published in our March/April issue, looked at the Smartcard — a computerised creditcard which the author suggests would be a considerably less…

Cold storage and transportation: Meeting today's demands

Tony Rudd

In an effort to hold down costs in temperature controlled storage and transportation, developments in recent years have encompassed building and equipment as well as the…