Retail and Distribution Management: Volume 9 Issue 5

Generic products: their impact in the UK

Peter J. McGoldrick, Katherine J. Sheath

Carrefour in France were (he first retailers to introduce the idea of “produits libres” — or generics, as they came to be called. In this country only three retailers so far…

A tale of two markets: Contrasting approach to developments in Govern Garden and Les Halles

Stephen Wood

Covent Garden and Les Halles have three things in common: In the sixties they were both dominated by busy wholesale markets, by the seventies the produce markets had moved out…

Design: starting with the product

Edward McFadyen

The Aspect Group started only five years ago when its creator, Ted Coogan, wandered into a DIY shop and offered the owner some advice about shop planning. Today the group has a…

Shopping for the Disabled

Sue Sharples

As the International Year of Disabled People draws to an end what has been happening in the high street? What changes have been made in attitudes and design policies to…

Fresh fish and seafood retailing

Ian Chaston

In the UK the fishing industry is said to be in the doldrums, owing to cheap imports, declining retail outlets and the fact that we Brits are pretty conservative in what fish…

Formulating a distribution strategy — With the aid of a computer

A.J. Pendlebury

Coopers & Lybrand, managing consultants, working in association with a consortium of Unilever companies, have developed a new tool for distribution strategy. It takes advantage of…