Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 17 Issue 5
Table of contents
Retailer credit cards:: — a mature product about to go into decline?
Steve WorthingtonThe long‐awaited report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission into the supply of credit card services came out at the end of August. Although its deals primarily with bank…
A boost for the Isle of Man: The Strand shopping centre to open
The Isle of Man may be prosperous but, paradoxically, it has a pretty poor retailing scene. Most of the wealthy inhabitants spend their money away from the island. This is all…
RETAIL BUYING: Using innovations from the industrial world
Eric EvansRetail buyers are typically more entrepreneurial than their industrial counterparts, tending to have better negotiating skills, and perhaps greater creativity and vision. But in…
Strategies for a major shopping centre
Paul WhysallThis article focuses on recent proposals for a major revision of planning policies for Nottingham's City Centre. It has however wider significance in that it indicates a marked…
Retail parks:: Teething troubles or generation gap?
Stephen BrownRetail parks are an increasingly common feature of the UK retailing scene. This paper describes the development, and customer perceptions, of an unplanned second generation park…
The Scala‐Buda department store: The Marks and Spencer of Hungary
Steve WorthingtonIn June the author visited Hungary for a two week period under the British Council's Cultural Exchange Programme to review the current state of the Co‐operative Movement in…
Trends in retail lighting
Wendy SmithLighting is a highly sophisticated and powerful industry with an increasing number of manufacturers and design consultants. Yet many retailers still do not realise the importance…
The ideal warehouse: Improvements in technology to come
Andrew KeithWarehousing has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past thirty years. From a time when the fork lift truck was the most intricate piece of warehousing equipment…
A good performance by W H Smith
Roger CoxW H Smith is performing well, on the whole. Apparently the low average spend in the group is cushioning it against consumer downturn; conversely, sales at the Do‐It‐All DIY chain…