International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 27 Issue 8

Deshopping – the art of illicit consumption

Ruth A. Schmidt, Fiona Sturrock, Philippa Ward, Gaynor Lea‐Greenwood

Draws on the findings of a quantitative survey and a number of qualitative focus groups and interviews to explore consumer behaviour and reasoning concerning the return of…

A note on challenges facing food retail stores: the case of New Jersey

Adesoji O. Adelaja, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Brian J. Schilling, Karen R. Tank

Using New Jersey as a case study, this article investigates the challenges faced by food retail stores. Policy recommendations proposed by industry representatives for improving…

Effects of store image and attitude toward secondhand stores on shopping frequency and distance traveled

William K. Darley, Jeen‐Su Lim

This study is prompted by the growing sales and the acceptance of thrift stores in the USA. It focuses on consumers’ evaluations and attitudes of secondhand, or thrift stores, and…

Changing role of the retail sector in Poland during a period of economic transition

C.D.J. Waters

Centrally‐planned economies generally put little emphasis on the retail sector. The communist government in Poland, for example, worked with an “economy of shortages”, where…

Logistics and Retail Management

David Walters