RUSSIAN RETAIL DISTRIBUTION: STRUCTURE AND PRODUCT PROCUREMENTEmerald - - 1993
PatriciaHuddleston
Identifies the purpose of the study as gathering exploratory data on
organizational structure and product procurement process for Russian retail
stores. Results came from conducting in‐depth interviews with six retail
executives in Russia, in which respondents answered a series of open‐ended
questions regarding organizational structure, product procurement procedures and
demographics. Results high... hiện toàn bộ
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
across the ... hiện toàn bộ
Identifying the success factors in e‐grocery home deliveryEmerald - - 2001
MikkoPunakivi, JuhaSaranen
Efforts in the electronic grocery shopping, i.e. e‐grocery business, focus
especially on the physical distribution of the goods. For example, in the USA
there are several e‐grocery service providers with various operating concepts
and offering various service levels. The home delivery concept of Streamline is
based on a reception box at the customer’s garage or home yard enabling unmanned
receptio... hiện toàn bộ
Information technology in Saudi Arabia’s supermarket chainsEmerald - Tập 28 Số 8 - Trang 341-356 - 2000
Mohammed A.Al‐Sudairy, N.K.H.Tang
Many studies have been carried out on how Information Technology (IT) has
transformed ways of doing business, but little is known about IT in the retail
food industry in Saudi Arabia. The study reported here is the first to shed
light on the usage of IT in the Saudi supermarket industry and to report
outcomes which will set the scene for further investigation. This study was
conducted to investiga... hiện toàn bộ
UK retail graduates and IT competence ‐ a case of virtual reality?Emerald - Tập 24 Số 9 - Trang 13-18 - 1996
Christopher M.Moore
Examines the nature and characteristics of information technology (IT) course
development and delivery in retail degree/diploma programmes in the UK. While
the effective utilization of information technology at both strategic and
operational levels is recognized as crucial to the achievement of retailer
competitive advantage, this research suggests that retail graduates’ IT
knowledge and capabilit... hiện toàn bộ
An exploratory study on the cues that signal value to members in retail co‐operativesEmerald - - 2001
GastonLeBlanc, NhaNguyen
Examines the concept of perceived value with data collected from 1,323 members
in four retail co‐operatives. A set of six factors was found to have effect on
members’ perceptions of the value of products and services they received from
their retail co‐ops. In descending order of importance these factors are: the
co‐operative form of organisation, contact personnel, in‐store specials,
responsivenes... hiện toàn bộ
Retailing and the Internet: a review of ethical issuesEmerald - Tập 28 Số 11 - Trang 481-489 - 2000
PaulWhysall
The Internet has important ethical connotations for retailing. This paper
briefly provides examples of retailers’ difficulties in this respect, before
considering use of the Internet for ethical scrutiny of retailers by a spectrum
of activists and agencies. Positive use of the Internet to publicise retailers’
social responsibility contrasts with questionable exploitation of the Web’s
anonymity. Th... hiện toàn bộ