Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 7 Issue 5
Table of contents
Point of Sale:: Have the suppliers let us down?
Gil JonesThe application of electronic data processing at point of sale has been one of the most impact‐full events on the retail scene in the western world. Many retailers are still…
STORE IMAGE: How departmental images differ in a variety chain
Peter McGoldrickThere have been a number of studies of store image (especially in the US), some of which have thrown up useful definitions. But so far relatively little has been done to establish…
A supermarket group's use of a computer bureau: Link between Hillards and Baric Computing
Buying your own computer is not necessarily the only answer. One of the alternatives is to use the services of a computing bureau, and this is what has been done by Hillards, the…
Scanning: recent experience in the USA: The impact on store operations
Thomas W. WilsonWhat has been the progress of scanning in the United States over the past few years? After initial difficulties, things now seem to be picking up. Just over 8,000 manufacturing…
Big ticket systems at Darty: A data processing case study
John de la RocheDarty is one of the most interesting French retail companies to emerge in recent years. Selling “white” and “brown” household appliances, it has quadrupled its turnover in four…
Food industry trends and developments
Edgar B WalzerThe need to anticipate the state of the market for the next few decades calls for excellent judgement rather than clairvoyance (although that would help too) and an ability to…
THE PLACE OF THE WHOLESALER IN DISTRIBUTION
Lady Margaret HallWhen this address was first delivered to the National Conference of the Federation of Wholesale and Industrial Distributors in July, Lady Margaret Hall took it upon herself to act…
Plotting retail strategy: Part 1
David WaltersDramatic increases in costs in recent years, especially in occupany and labour, have compelled retailers to examine their strategy for the future with increasing urgency. In…
Improving goods reception for urban delivery
AS RushtonThe problems of urban distribution and the need to confront them particularly at a time of escalating petrol costs, is one of the most urgent issues facing retailers and food…