Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 16 Issue 6

RETAILING WITHOUT FRONTERS: The emergence of transnational retailers

Alan Treadgold

The writer has recently been engaged in a research project addressing the theme of retailing internationalisation. The thrust of the research has been an identification of the…

Fighting retail theft: The use of appropriate security

Joshua Bamfield

The retail theft problem is a massive one — but, argues the writer, to attempt to fight it by total security is not the answer. Making the store into a fortress is not only…

The future of grocery retailing in the UK

Vincent Killen, Rob Lees

The Centre for Business Research at Manchester Business School recently carried out a survey on the opinions and predictions of experts in grocery retailing. Part 1 of the results…

Is US retailing slowing down?

Roger Cox

A fall in the number of new shopping centres opened; saturation of some of the larger regional markets; the decline of older shopping malls and some downtown sections; and a…

Third party distribution: Non‐Food Products: Meeting the demands of the consumer

David Carter, David Turner

Over the last few years, distribution developments in non‐food have been considerable. Centralisation and contract distribution have gained favour, and an increasing number of…