BRITISH RETAIL ACQUISITIONS IN THE USEmerald - Tập 18 Số 5 - 1990
JimHamill, JohnCrosbie
Despite the euphoria surrounding 1992, the recent international
expansion of British retail organisations has been oriented mainly
towards the US. Such expansion has predominantly taken the form of the
acquisition of US retailers, rather than through the establishment of
greenfield stores. As a consequence of their US acquisitions, a number
of British retailers are now well established acr...... hiện toàn bộ
RETAIL GROSS MARGINS: SOME INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONSEmerald - Tập 21 Số 4 - 1993
DonO′Riordan
Compares the gross margins on a range of retail business categories
across six European Community countries and the USA, using data derived
from official national statistics. Results show that the USA had the
highest gross margins for most comparable categories, followed by
Britain, and Ireland had the lowest margins in nearly every category.
These margin differences did not have a strong ...... hiện toàn bộ
RETAILING IN EASTERN EUROPE: AN OVERVIEWEmerald - - 1992
HelmutSeitz
Describes the economic situation and general structure of retailing
in Eastern Europe. Presents market research data on the organization of
retailing and wholesaling in the former Comecon countries with
inter‐country comparisons. Reviews future prospects of retailing in
these economies.
Multi‐channel mistake: the demise of a successful retailerEmerald - - 2003
WilliamLightfoot
Egghead Software, Inc. was a successful computer software and hardware multi‐channel retailer in the USA until the mid 1990s. Then, in 1998, they closed down their retail operations and Egghead Software, Inc. became Egghead.com – an eCommerce only retailer. This paper presents the key decisions, management changes, and environmental factors resulting in Egghead.com’s ultimate demise. Concl...... hiện toàn bộ
ELECTRICAL RETAILING IN THE 1990S: TOWARDS A NEW RETAIL FORMULAEmerald - - 1992
D.T.Brownlie, K.A.Lemond
Reflects on developments in the mid to late 1980s, which saw
booming trading conditions for the retailing sector, and none more so
than electrical goods retailing which underwent many changes both to the
structure of the industry and the way it went about its business.
Describes the circumstances that led to these developments and the
results that were achieved. Sets out to consider what m...... hiện toàn bộ
European food retailers’ evaluation of global marketsEmerald - Tập 24 Số 6 - Trang 34-43 - 1996
HayleyMyers, NicholasAlexander
Considers the direction of the international expansion of European food retailers, and suggests that international retail studies have been criticized for a lack of empirical research. Discusses the results of a survey which sought the views of the main board directors of all major food retail companies based in six European Union countries: France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain a...... hiện toàn bộ
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING AND RETAIL POSITIONING: AN APPRAISALEmerald - Tập 19 Số 3 - 1991
StuartVan Auken, Subhash C.Lonial
Multidimensional scaling (MDS) has often been utilised in retail
store positioning and repositioning research. However, MDS results
constrain store movement to existing perceptual dimensions. This work
indicates that an assessment of higher level preference functions should
be conducted before utilising MDS results in store positioning. Despite
this limitation, the ability of MDS to reveal...... hiện toàn bộ
THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR FRANCHISING IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA: THE CASE OF SAUDI ARABIAEmerald - Tập 19 Số 4 - 1991
SecilTuncalp
This article examines the current status of franchising in Saudi
Arabia. Despite the fact that Saudi Arabia exhibits some attractive
characteristics for an intensive penetration of this form of
distribution, franchising has made a limited appearance in some major
cities of the Kingdom, primarily in the fastfood services area. After
reviewing the history of the franchising scene in Saudi Ar...... hiện toàn bộ