Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 14 Issue 3
Table of contents
PIT‐STOP
Michael PoynorWith the launch of Asdadrive, Asda‐MFI, the third largest retailer in the UK, is to start selling cars. The news that Asda is to enter the motor trade, not only selling new cars…
Confounding the new conventions: Three retailers who are not pursuing the upwardly mobile professionals
Sue Sharples‘One store for all’ has long ago been dismissed as an outdated retailing formula. However, here we describe two retailers who challenge the new convention that adults (and…
Tesco leaves Ireland
AJ ParkerThe recent announcement that Tesco has sold its Irish outlets has been received with little surprise, since rumours to this effect have been rumbling away for some months now…
Organising for marketing in retailing
Nigel PiercyDr Nigel Piercy wrote earlier in RDM about the trend towards the formal organisation of marketing in retail firms, and is actively involved in research on this topic. In this…
Attracting the right recruits: School leavers attitudes to a career in retail distribution
William ClarkeWhile customers' image of retailing may be growing increasingly positive, the same cannot be said of potential recruits to the industry. A recent survey has indicated a severe…
PEOPLE
Stuart Soloway, previously managing director of Shoppers Paradise, has left the food trade and become retail operations director with Burton Retail, part of the Burton Group. In…
Warehousing in the north‐west
Tony GloverTraditional investors needed for funding new warehousing schemes are becoming increasingly circumspect about putting cash into new developments. Tony Glover discusses why this…
Food retailing: Trends in distribution and warehousing
The proliferation of product lines needing temperature control; increased frequency of deliveries; distribution shifting more and more into the hands of retailers; the place of…
How the boardroom can influence warehousing costs
Jeremy Cecil‐WrightWhen management decisions are being made, consider the plight of the warehouse, advises consultant Jeremy Cecil‐Wright. Boardroom decisions affecting marketing policies can have a…