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USING INTER‐BRANCH STOCK TRANSFERS TO MEET DEMAND DURING A STOCKOUT
Roger M. HillMany retail chains allow stock transfers to take place betweenbranches. Considers the special case where one branch, out of stock of aparticular line, faced with a customer…
SATURATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION: THE FUTURE OF GROCERY RETAILING IN THE UK
Nicholas Alexander, William MorlockExplores the future development of the “big five” UKgrocery retailers and their response to the challenges of the nextdecade. Presents the results of a survey of manufacturers…
RESTRUCTURING RETAIL EMPLOYMENT
L. SparksRetail employment is of considerable importance both to thoseemployed and those employing. The scale of retail employment in terms ofnumbers and costs has ensured its central…
SATISFYING INSTALLER NEEDS IN THE UK PARTS MARKET: CAN MARKET SEGMENTATION HELP?
Sally DibbReports on research which uses secondary information and anextensive telephone survey to consider whether existing approaches tosegmenting installers (garages) reflect current…
ELECTRICAL RETAILING IN THE 1990S: TOWARDS A NEW RETAIL FORMULA
D.T. Brownlie, K.A. LemondReflects on developments in the mid to late 1980s, which sawbooming trading conditions for the retailing sector, and none more sothan electrical goods retailing which underwent…
ISSN:
0959-0552Renamed from:
Retail and Distribution ManagementOnline date, start – end:
1990Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Neil Towers