International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 39 Issue 2

Cultural influence on loyalty tendency and evaluation of retail store attributes: An analysis of Taiwanese and American consumers

Yoo‐Kyoung Seock, Chen Lin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the cultural influences on young consumers' loyalty tendency and evaluations of the relative importance of apparel retail store attributes…

Settling for second best?: Reflections after the tenth anniversary of Wal‐Mart's entry to the United Kingdom

Leigh Sparks

The paper seeks evaluate to the comparative progress of Asda in the UK since its surprise takeover by Wal‐Mart in 1999. Wal‐Mart expected to become the number 1 retailer in the UK…

Where did all the benches go? The effects of mall kiosks on perceived retail crowding

Jung‐Hwan Kim, Rodney Runyan

This study aims to investigate how density conditions caused by multiple kiosks in shopping mall walkways affect shoppers' shopping outcomes based on psychological reactance…

Heuristics for retail shelf space allocation problem with linear profit function

Hasmukh K. Gajjar, Gajendra K. Adil

Shelf space is often retailer's critical resource. Growing number of products has posed a challenge to the retailers for efficient allocation of available shelf space to them. The…

Editorial

Professor Neil Towers