International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 30 Issue 3

Pronto moda Tokyo‐style – emergence of collection‐free street fashion in Tokyo and the Seoul‐Tokyo fashion connection

The emergence of purely “street‐born” fashion styles in the 1990s in the young women’s casual wear market in Tokyo has revealed the limitations of the conventional framework of…

The largest retail firms: a comparison of Asia‐, Europe‐ and US‐based retailers

Compares and contrasts the largest retail firms based in Asia, Europe and the USA. Data were obtained from AsiaWeek 1000, Fortune 500 and Europe 500 statistics. It is hoped that…

Global retail concentration

Tesco scales the hypermarket league

Metro – what does the future hold?

Foreign-owned retailers now account for £1 in every £8 spent in the UK's shops – and the proportion will keep rising

The future of retail – is it really cut and dried?

Global Retail Index – Carrefour still top but Tesco climbs

We're "EU outlaws", admit the UK's bosses