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. Resu...... 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 acr...... 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 ...... 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 i...... 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 c...... 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, respo...... 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 anony...... hiện toàn bộ