Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 4 Issue 6

Control over large units in France: THE LOI ROYER AND ITS EFFECTS

J.A. Dawson

In 1973 the Loi Royer was passed in France with the object of curbing large‐scale hypermarkets and shopping centres. But although in 1974 and 1975 the rate of large shop openings…

Matching staff levels to customer flow: Away of reducing staff costs

R.A. MA Forrester

Simply reducing numbers is not the most effective way of cutting staff costs; the secret is to match staff levels with anticipated customer flow. It not only saves money, but it…

Trade Unions and the Employment Protection Act in Distribution

C.J. Bourn BSc

The recent Employment Protection Act gives new rights both to trade unions and to individual employees. Because union membership in distribution is not high, unions will be…

Calculating the ‘constraints’: The applications of linear programming

T.G. Perry

Business is nearly always a balancing act; making an improvement in one place very often has some detrimental effect elsewhere. Some ways of increasing sales volume may incur such…

Can distribution be automated?

Harry O'Brien

The ROADNET and TRANSIT computer packages for route planning are well known in distribution circles, and are now widely used. Their designer, Harry O'Brien, resigned from Synergy…