Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 14 Issue 1

The changing marketplace in fashion Clothing sales according to retail sector

Roy Holliss

The last few years have seen a transformation in the retail fashion market, with the emergence of a host of new companies aimed at carefully defined market segments. How has this…

In‐store systems at Homecharm

Graham Brown

The Homecharm Group, which consists of Texas Homecare, Texas Bulk, Multicolour Wallpapers and Surplus Sales, is now set for full computerisation. The group has developed its own…

How many grocery prices do shoppers really know?

Peter J McGoldrick, Helen J Marks

Whereas price was the major marketing weapon in food retailing in the 1960s and early 70s, most food retailers now acknowledge that this has been superseded by other more subtle…

Asda brush up their act

Sue Sharples

The veteran superstore group Asda have been quick to respond to critics of their recent lack‐lustre performance. A new design is being rolled out which will make the stores and…

Bradford's new teleshopping service

Known as Bradford Centrepoint, a teleshopping service aimed primarily at helping elderly and disabled people in the Bradford area has been recently set up. It has much in common…

Whispering soft nothings to the shop thief: How ‘Reinforcement Messaging’ works

Roy Carter

“Reinforcement Messaging” is an anti‐shoptheft system now being marketed in the UK; it broadcasts near‐subliminal messages over a store's public address system exhorting shoppers…

Multiple grocery retailing in NORTHERN IRELAND

Stephen Brown, Jim Bell

A number of British multiple non‐food retailers are represented in Northern Ireland; they include Marks & Spencer, Boots, C & A, the Burton Group, Olympus Sport, Chelsea Girl and…

How Woolworth developed their information strategy

David Casey

Woolworth was financially restructured about two years ago. Following this the board started to implement a new commercial strategy; this required a radical change in the…