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Jennifer Tanburn of Lintas, well‐known for her frequent reports on shops and shopping, has chosen retail trends in the Common Market as the theme of her latest book. It is the result of an extensive tour of Europe (and a visit to the States) which she made last year, and it is reviewed here by Harry Bohrer.

This article is one result of an extensive tour Jennifer Tanburn recently undertook to study a wide range of retail outlets around the world. During this tour she visited New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Houston and Los Angeles in the United States; and Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris, Marseilles, Munich, Milan, Rotterdam and many other cities in Western Europe. Of the many exciting retail developments she saw, three examples of mass merchandising especially engaged her attention: the IKEA home furnishings groups in Sweden, the OBI do‐it‐yourself franchise operation in Germany and the American ‘Children's Bargain Town’. All three are examined in this special feature.

Booker McConnell's supermarket and food store chain trades under the name of Budgen. In total, however, Booker's UK Food Distribution Division covers a wide range of food distribution activities; its wholesale division delivers to members of the Mace voluntary group and also operates over 50 cash and carry warehouses; the division's turnover is around £180m.