Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 3 Issue 3
Table of contents
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT: BY COMPUTER OR MANUALLY? The experience of a Belgium supermarket group
F. FourezDelhaize Freres is a Belgian supermarket group with 78 supermarkets and a large number of affiliated stores, selling grocery and a number of non‐food Tines including hardware and…
Foodstore advertising leaps ahead ˜ But companies' images are still blurred
John NielsenUp until 1973 advertising by grocery retailers was not spectacular, but in 1974 it leaped ahead, especially that put out by the big multiples and voluntary groups. Clearly, a…
THE TV RENTAL BUSINESS: Selling fantasy on the Never˜Never
Roger CoxWe may not be all that impressive in the European stakes when it comes to productivity, but in one index we triumphantly lead — some 96% of British families own or rent a TV set…
Carrefour at Caerphilly: THE SHOPPERS AND THE COMPETITION
Roger CoxWhen the first real live hypermarket opened in this country in the autumn of 1972, it made retailing history by finding it necessary to launch TV commercials telling people to…
TRANSPORT: The conflict between operating efficiency and environmental factors
Alan J. WestThe popular view of the lorry is that it is frequently frustrating to car drivers, an agent of exhaust pollution, and an affront to the environment. Yet our system of…
FREIGHTLINERS: Their contribution to efficient distribution
LW LeppingtonFreightliners operate some 190 trains and some 700 road vehicles daily. They operate 25 terminals and the number of containers carried has gone up from 391,000 in 1969 to 640,000…
Business games: An application to retailing
Chris ElgoodIn industry generally business games have become an accepted training method for management trainees and business graduates, but relatively little has so far been done to extend…