International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 30 Issue 5

Franchising, retailing and the development of e‐commerce

Anna Watson, David A. Kirby, John Egan

Franchising has shown considerable growth in recent years and in advanced economies, such as the USA and the UK, and currently accounts for approximately one‐third of all retail…

Towards plural forms, franchising/company‐owned systems, in the French cosmetics retail industry

Gérard Cliquet, Jean‐Philippe Croizean

The cosmetics retail industry in France is changing for at least two reasons: first, more and more services are available within cosmetics stores and, second, large groups like…

The failure of business format franchising in British forecourt retailing: a case study of the rebranding of Shell Retail’s forecourts

Emily Boyle

As a result of an increasingly competitive petrol retailing environment and the rise of convenience stores in the food retailing sector, oil companies in Britain in the 1980s…

International retail franchising: a conceptual framework

Barry Quinn, Nicholas Alexander

Franchising has become a major driving force in the globalisation of service businesses. Likewise, international retailing has become an important feature of global distribution…

Retail franchising: current themes and an agenda for future research

Anne Marie Doherty, Barry Quinn