Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 3 Issue 2

MAIL ORDER˜ The impact of the computer

R. Newman

Mail order, the success story of the 1960s, is still putting up an impressive performance: in 1974 it grew at an estimated 16% as compared with 12% for retail trade in general…

CWMBRAN'S COMING SUPERSTORE ‐ And how it may affect shopping patterns

John A. Dawson, David A. Kirby

The south Wales region is increasingly taking on a test‐tube character for assessing shopping patterns throughout the country as a whole. Cwmbran New Town, situated some five…

FORECASTING TRENDS IN RETAILING — OR HOW TO DO SUMS ON THE BACK OF AN ENVELOPE

James B Jefferys

Thirteen years ago James Jefferys and his colleague Derek Knee published their book Retailing in Europe, which forecast trends between 1955 and 1970 in retail employment, the…

TRAINING IN DISTRIBUTION: HOW MUCH IS BEING DONE?

Rosemary Hutt, A.G. Atkinson

In previous issues writers from the Institute of Manpower Studies have described the manpower survey which they undertook in 1972/73 for the DITB, and which provided much material…

Improving distribution: why is technology neglected?

John Williams

John Williams quotes Professor Hesketh of Harvard as saying: “We are at the end of a significant era of technological change in transportation, warehousing, inventory control and…