International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 23 Issue 7

Retailer‐supplier relationships and the evolution of marketing: two food industry case studies

Susan A. Shaw, Juliette Gibbs

Uses two case studies to examine how changing market structures infood supply chains have affected the nature of collaboration betweenretailer and supplier. Looks at the…

Charity shops: a classification by merchandise mix

Suzanne Horne, Adelina Broadbridge

Little attention has been paid to the evolution of charityretailing. A recent upturn in interest results from an increase in thenumber of charity shops in operation and their…

Two‐stage data collection for retail stores

Sukgoo Pak, Louis G. Pol

The method most often used to gather information on the attitudesand opinions of retail customers, the exit/location survey, has severalshortcomings. Presents an alternative…

The cashless society

Steve Worthington

The cashless society, where clumsy and expensive‐to‐handle coinsand notes are replaced by efficient electronic payments initiated byvarious types of plastic cards is a tantalizing…