International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 42 Issue 2

Occasionally open, always an experience: limiting store hours

Nancy Jean Miller, Ruoh-Nan Yan, Sage Calamari

The study aims to understand the new retail phenomenon of limited store hours. Specifically, the study explores the viability of the retail operation and how the owners of those…

The effect of country image on hypermarket patronage intention: A cross-cultural study in China and Spain

Gongjian Kan, Gérard Cliquet, Maria Puelles Gallo

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the cultural influences that country image has on consumers' hypermarket patronage intention in China and Spain.

Retailers' CSR: the effects of legitimacy and social capital

Jiyoung Kim, Sejin Ha, Clarissa Fong

This study aims to investigate consumer perception of community and employee oriented CSR program, and examine how retailers' CSR activities lead to social (i.e. legitimization…

Outshopping in rural periodic markets: a retailing opportunity

Sanal Kumar Velayudhan

The study seeks to understand the influences on the prevalence of rural retailing institution of periodic markets. It examines the influence of access to and population of the…

Editorial

Neil Towers