International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 22 Issue 2

Technological Management Learning: The Adoption of Electronic Data Interchange by Retailers

Joshua Bamfield

Considers EDI for retailers in the context of innovation theory. A casestudy of nine retailers who adopted EDI during 1987‐92 is used todiscuss the reasons why EDI was delayed…

Comparative Product Testing for Own‐label Marketing

Ogenyi Ejye Omar

Kwik‐Save′s decision to make its first ever own‐label food products (NoFrills) is a clear evidence that own‐label products are more popularthan at any time. Investigates consumer…

Towards a Branchless Banking Society?

Gerard Prendergast, Norman Marr

The increasing provision of self‐service technologies such as automatedtelling machines (ATMs) in retail banking means that customers now havea variety of means of carrying out…

Distribution Reform in China: : An Analysis of the Private Sector Development

Clement Kong‐Wing Chow, Eric Wing Kwong Tsang

The distribution system in China has been undergoing rapid changes sincethe implementation of the economic reform in late 1978. The relativeperformance of the major players in…

Distribution 2000: Impact on the Property Market

Joe Valente

Looks at key trends in the distribution sector and their potentialimpact on the warehousing property market. Draws on interviews held withproperty and distribution directors of…