Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 2 Issue 5

WORKING AND TRADING HOURS: The changing pattern in EEC countries

Enzo Pontarollo

The pattern of flexible trading hours, with one or two late‐night openings, is now generally accepted in the UK, as it has been in most EEC countries. But now there is clear…

CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION WORK FORCE

R. Pearson, A.M. Tulloch, A.G. Atkinson

Last year we published an article (RDM, May 1973) by these same authors which described how they approached their commission from the DITB to undertake a study of the manpower…

A Practical Look at Retail Planning

Patrick McAnally

The recent PTRC meeting at Warwick on “Retailing and Local Planning” was notable for the practicality of its approach and its determination to avoid suffocation by excessive…

VALUE CENTRES — THE EVOLUTION OF THE CASH AND CARRY CONCEPT

Whilst still getting the major part of its turnover from grocery, Value Centres are steadily diversifying into non‐food areas; which particular areas to penetrate is left largely…

VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEMS: A cost˜benefit approach to channel marketing decisions

David Walters

Continued inflation at a high rate for some time seems to be inescapable. In this situation management must bring ever closer attention to bear on the issue of cost control, and…

THE BIJENKORF BIG TICKET OPERATION: DISTRIBUTION CENTRE FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO PLAN

With four department stores Bijenkorf is one of the most important retail groups in the Netherlands. In mid‐1970 Kurt Salmon Associates were asked by the Bijenkorf management to…

PLANNING A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

Alan F Mann

Of all the areas under the control of distribution management the structure of the distribution system is arguably the most important. The siting of depots has a major influence…

THE CHOICE OF SERVICE LEVEL: A case study

C.D.T. Watson‐Gandy, N. Christofides

The problem of what level of service to provide to customers is frequently a source of argument between marketing and distribution personnel. This article examines the factors…