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How retailers can profit from scanners

This paper investigates the impact of scanner data on retailers and the uses retailers have made or can yet make of this data. Although scanners are used in many different retailer and wholesaler environments, the focus here is on the development of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Authors: Jan Willem Bol, Thomas W. Speh

June 4, 1986

Assortment changes un food retail stores

The purpose of this paper is to give a historical review of food assortment trends, especially in the last fifteen years. The current situation is that the consumer can choose between more and more "new" variants in the different product groups. This...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: Bo P. Kaiser

June 4, 1986

Identifying sales potential and reasons for non-achievement

The rate of retail competition is going to increase more rapidly. The ease with which sales and share gains can be made will decrease rapidly. So the need is urgent to analyse potential more carefully, and to meet it. This requires a much deeper...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: Jef Harris

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

June 4, 1986

Futures for European food distribution

This paper reports the findings of a survey of views of members of the food chain in ten European countries. The survey was undertaken in early 1986 and respondents came from all sectors of the food chain. The purpose of the survey was to obtain...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: Susan A. Shaw

June 4, 1986

Hypermarket's development in Italy

The title of my assigned report is "Hypermarket's development in Italy". Since the total of these establishments, calculated with some generosity, is of about 20, we may immediately conclude that this development is anything but impressive. If we...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: Carlo Orlandini

June 4, 1986

A comparative study of distribution in six European countries

In spite of the difficulties, it has been possible to reach a certain level of comparability between six European countries. The results show that the general trends of all these countries are comparable, but there remains some specificities in the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: André Tordjman

June 4, 1986

Cases and causes of structural change in retailing

The paper considers general trends of structural change in terms of averages per type of trade. It consists of two parts. The first paper is descriptive, and gives an international comparison of trends concerning average shop size, number of shops...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Authors: Bart Nooteboom, Roy Thurik, Sjaak Vollebregt

June 4, 1986

Gaining competitive advantage trough distribution

This paper proposes a new approach for manufacturers to deal more effectively with retailers and in the process gain competitive advantage in distribution. This paper will highlight the main factors contributing to the change in the balance between...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: Christian R. Viros

June 4, 1986

Applying strategic research to the retail area

This paper seeks to examine several of the key issues which face retailers now, and which will become increasingly important over the next decade and beyond, and to look at the implications for research, and the way that researchers are reacting to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Authors: Chris Blamires, Tony Lunn, David Seaman

June 4, 1986