Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 3 Issue 1

SHOPPING IN THE FUTURE

Ronald FRICS Gammie

The current financial crisis is going to make a substantial impact on the pattern of our shopping developments: it seems likely that many expensive town centre schemes will have…

STATUTORY WAGE REGULATION IN RETAILING: The role of a single wages council

Ivor Williams

One of the last functions the Commission on Industrial Relations performed before it was wound up towards the end of last year was to produce a report on wage determination in the…

Moving towards an improved distribution pattern

John Williams

It is no news that the movement and storage of goods forms a disproportionately large part of the amount the housewife pays for the product. In addition, most organisations of any…

THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RAW MATERIALS: MARKS & SPENCER'S WORK STUDY APPROACH

C.H. Walter

The cost of raw materials is naturally a significant part of the selling price of Marks & Spencer garments, and cost increases over the past few years have made it increasingly…

USING ADVERTISING IN GROCERY RETAILING:: MORE TV AND RADIO, LESS NATIONAL PRESS

Malcolm Hughes

A great deal of money is spent by grocery retailers in various advertising media, but much of it, in Malcolm Hughes' view, is depressingly similar, especially the campaigns which…

APPLYING THE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

David Walters

In Dr Walters' last article (RDM, Nov/Dec), he discussed deficiencies in current approaches to site location. A Retailing Unit System was discussed in the context of a total…