Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 8 Issue 1
Table of contents
Technology and the retailer
Brian A FrenchThis wide‐ranging paper answers some of the questions which the retailer might like to ask about the effect of data processing on the retail trade. And the author does not start…
Scanning in supermarkets
DA ClausWhen the Ahold company of the Netherlands investigated the operational requirements of scanning equipment, lengthy preparations were undertaken. This is a detailed report of the…
Labour scheduling
Marcel SlypenThe cost of labour is one of the most expensive overheads the retailer faces today and not surprisingly, any efforts to cut down on costs in this area are of great interest. At…
Scanning for marketing information
Donald R McCurryDonald McCurry's primary concern is with the use of scanning as a source of marketing information — information which can affect the products the retailer should buy and stock…
Structure plans and retail planning
G Shaw, A WilliamsAt a time when Michael Heseltine is proposing to undermine the authority of the structure plan in influencing local planning decisions, the authors of this paper find that it is…
Voluntary groups: why do retailers leave them?
Frank Livesey, E.A. NagyAffiliated grocers on the whole tend to be well satisfied with group retailing, according to a study carried out by the authors. Nevertheless the loss of only a few percent of…
ENERGY COSTS: Their future impact on the industry
James MorrellIt is unlikely that oil production will rise by more than 2% a year over the next decade, according to James Morrell. In the short term, this means that the world energy crisis is…
ENERGY: Its effects on different modes of transport
C.J. ClemowThis paper looks at the implications for transport arising from expectations about future fuel prices and availability. All transport operators will try to minimise the effects of…
ENERGY SAVING in transportation and engineering
W.V.C. BatstoneIn 1980 diesel oil will cost the National Freight Corporation about £42 million, and other energy requirements an additional £71 million, representing an important part of its…