Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 12 Issue 6

Wages councils: Should they be reformed or abolished?

Susan Shaw

The government has indicated that it wishes to abolish wages councils. So long as the UK ratifies the International Labour Organisation Convention, it is committed to the…

Shops within shops: A changing strategy for retailers

Steve Worthington

Concessionaires (shops within shops) have long been a feature of the department store; more recently they have emerged as having a role to play within the superstore retailing…

The Next approach from Hepworths

David Sands

Launched by the same progressive retailer who established Next, which has rapidly become the ‘role model’ for retailing in the eighties, Next for men promises to kindle the same…

Oxford Street and its redevelopment problems

Russell Schiller

Oxford Street is one of the best‐known shopping streets in the world, but it suffers from serious problems. Investors are cautious about it; many of the buildings are of poor…

Retail research: Some recent studies

John A Dawson

Research into retailing and distribution was relatively slow in taking off, compared with other sectors. Now, however, there is a fair amount of material produced both in America…

STORE LOCATION: PROBLEMS AND METHODS 2: Expanding into new geographical areas

Sophie Bowlby, Michael Breheny, David Foot

The first article in this series explained why store location decisions are becoming more difficult. This article, and the next two, look at the pros and cons of various…

DIY outlets: in or out of town?

John Roberts, Sarah Wenden

Do out of town superstores adversely affect traditional shopping centres by siphoning off the higher purchasing power of car‐owning households? The arguments for and against…

Extending the cool chain for fresh produce

John Saphir

The cool chain, which has been developing rapidly in the produce sector over the past two years, allows products to be harvested at optimum maturity and taken through to…