Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 2 Issue 6
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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND EQUAL PAY: THE COMPARATIVE PATTERN IN EEC COUNTRIES
Enzo PontarolloThe Equal Pay Act in the UK has had a limited effect on earnings, but the gap nonetheless is still substantial; in the distributive trades, no women gets on average more than…
PEOPLE & JOBS: THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM: LABOUR TURNOVER IN DISTRIBUTION
Richard PearsonDistribution has for years been handicapped by problems of high labour turnover and mobility. In this article, the second in a series arising from the study of manpower structure…
Planning depot siting and capacity: A Case Study from the Food Industry
Alan F MannIn the first part of this feature, published in our last issue, the writer outlined the systems approach to the planning of a distribution network. This second part takes the form…
RETAIL SITE LOCATION —: TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH?
David WaltersArguably the largest investment any retail distribution company can make is to open a new location. In a current situation where opening a new superstore can cost in the region of…
THE UK AND THE EEC: AHEAD IN RETAILING, BEHIND IN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
James LoweThe message from James Lowe's presentation at the FMF Conference came through loud and clear: the UK's performance in comparison with other EEC countries is grim. We are 7th in…
FOOD RETAILING: HOW TO KEEP COSTS DOWN?
Ian MacLaurin“The large store is the future”, states Ian MacLaurin, in a positive affirmation of belief in the superstore. In the hypermarket lies the most practical answer to the problem of…
AN APPROACH TO WAREHOUSE DESIGN: MATCHING THE CONCEPT TO THE THROUGHPUT
R.J. MortonWarehousing is a waste of time and money. Goods that are in store are idle goods and the longer they stay in storage the more they cost. The less warehousing, then, the better. A…