Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 4 Issue 2
Table of contents
THE ROLE AND STRUCTURE OF DISTRIBUTION: PART 1 : MARKETING STRATEGIES
Jan de SomogyiBy international standards, British retailers are relatively efficient. However, their performance could be threatened both by the present recession and by the growing complexity…
Learning to work with inflation: A SYSTEM OF TIGHTER FINANCIAL CONTROLS
Norman HightonIt is no news to retailers that their margins have been effectively restricted by a combination of Price Code regulations and customer resistance. Indeed, escalating operating…
Building up an order processing system: The advantage of telephone selling
JN Davis, RW KirbyIn the writers' view, an order processing system can best be built up by identifying the facilities required, and considering methods of order entry. They then discuss the…
Mini‐computer applications in warehousing
Gordon FisherThe writer contends that the mini‐computer provides a very substantial potential area of application for the processing of information, management control and physical control of…