Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 14 Issue 6

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The impact of religion on Northern Ireland retailing

Stephen Brown

What conceivable connection can there be between religion and retailing? In this original article Stephen Brown shows that the relationship — at least in Northern Ireland — is…

THE METRO CENTRE: Opens at Gateshead

David Sands

What will be the largest shopping and leisure complex in Europe, the Metro Centre, opened on a site three miles outside Newcastle in October. Consisting of two million square feet…

New software horizons: A wider choice of complete retail systems appearing

Chris Hughes

The retail software situation is changing rapidly. A large number of different suppliers are developing software to support their hardware, and a wider range of complete systems…

ASDA'S ‘GABLES’: Merging the old and new

Sue Sharples

It is a pleasant surprise when a superstore is commended by a design panel. This was the accolade granted to Asda's Harrogate store, which has been open for over a year now…

Shopping centres in Kuwait: The effect of an oil‐rich economy

Al‐Otaibi Obaid

Since the mid‐1940s until about 1970 Kuwait's oil production continued to expand. Although since then it has fallen, the discovery of oil has brought about radical changes to the…

Second only to Father Christmas?: Argos' toy distribution

Sue Sharples

Storing and distributing Argos' toys from the company's recently acquired Welwyn warehouse is being successfully carried out through third party operators. Fulfilling this task…

AMERICAN REFLECTIONS

David Rogers

America is still one of the most fertile of countries in terms of its creation of new retail formats. Many of these get exported to Europe — after all, it is to the States that we…

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0307-2363

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1973 – 1989

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited