Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 3 Issue 5
Table of contents
The store without selling staff: Conran's design for De Bijenkorf at Arnhem
Bijenkorf have long been regarded as pioneers in department store management, not only in their native Holland but in Europe generally. When they decided to create a new concept…
LASKYS ‐ The high street hi‐fi people
Derek Smith is a retailer with conviction. As managing director of Audiotronic Holdings, parent company of Laskys chain of 31 hi‐fi shops, he believes that the business he is…
TOYS: The future for the specialist retailer
This year it is estimated that we in tills country will spend £330 million on toys, according to David Brown, general manager of British Lego. Traditionally the sale of toys has…
Food commodities: World trends in supply and demand
George S. CB Bishop, OBEWorld food demand depends on world population, now standing at 4,000 million. In another 25 years it is estimated that it will be 6,000 million. India has one million more to feed…
Data processing for photographic suppliers
Photopia are suppliers ‐ primarily of photographic equipment, which takes up some 70% of their £6m turnover. They also supply calculators, and optical and audio equipment. They…
Health food shops: A steady improvement expected
Roger CoxThe current turnover in the health foods market is around £30m. and this has doubled since 1968/69. Inflation has obviously had its effect on recent annual increases; the rate of…
Globus: The retail conglomerate and its effect on organisational structure
Hans M. MahlerGlobus, the Swiss retail organisation, is a classic example of a retail conglomerate. It includes seven department stores, 35 chain stores, 11 menswear shops, two department…
Physical Distribution futures for UK food industry
David WaltersTwo years ago David Walters carried out his well publicised “Delphi” study which attempted to establish cause and effect relationships between changes in retailing and…
How not to increase profit by a Physical Distribution survey
R.G. HumphreysIntroducing a minimum order quantity, reducing the range, or frequency of delivery, or stockouts ‐ all these are common suggestions arising out of physical distribution studies…
Your next general manager ‐ Where is he coming from?
John Read BSc ARIC AMBIMIndustry and commerce are today generally very training conscious. The Industrial Training Act of 1964 was a very useful spur to those who had not previously given much thought to…
Tesco and Sainsbury: A financial appraisal
The Retail Consortium rarely misses an opportunity to criticise the Government's policy on margin controls or inflation, and naturally had its own comments to make when the Price…