There is a burgeoning literature on IPO allocations to institutions with retail clientele typically being treated as a monolithic entity. However, there is potential for differential treatment of different groups of retail investors because of the underlying relationship with the underwriter. We use a unique proprietary dataset from Germany to analyze how commercial banks treat different groups...

With an increasing degree of complexity in the retail business, future business success for retail professionals will likely require creative problem-solving abilities. Therefore, there is a need for retail merchandising programs to emphasize creative problem solving because creativity can be learned. In this study, we share how an undergraduate-level creative problem-solving class is designed ...

This paper illustrates the structure of, and trends in, the retail market of the United Kingdom (UK). This industry analysis describes the retail environment compared to continental Europe and considers the regulatory issues which have helped form this retail environment. By using secondary data we describe concentration and consolidation tendencies and explain specific features of the UK retai...

Forecasting future retail sales is one of the most important activities that form the basis for all strategic and planning decisions in effective operations of retail businesses as well as retail supply chains. This chapter illustrates how to best model and forecast retail sales time series that contain both trend and seasonal variations. The effectiveness of data preprocessing such as detrendi...

Employee theft is one of the major factors of retail shrinkage despite many costly technological and widespread security measures. Employee theft cannot be ignored as it causes significant losses to employers. This study investigates the workplace factors that affect the employee retail theft behaviour. Although identifying theft is difficult, this study will help employers to further understan...

The purpose of the paper is to introduce a model of Instore Logistics for retail stores. The model attempted to give a picture of all logistics processes that are carried out within a retail outlet from an incoming dock of a retail outlet to the check out of the store. The model has afterwards been empirically validated by analyzing the Instore Logistics processes of dairy products in 200 store...

Affluent neighborhoods present a potentially attractive location for retail establishments because of their higher purchasing power and demand for a wide range of specialized goods and services. However, if high income households perceive retail in general – or certain types of retail, such as Big Box stores – as an undesirable use, they may be able to block commercial development through zonin...

Many research studies have been conducted in the area of retailing services, but there has been no research that takes into account both service quality and retail store features and identifies the factors that lead to customer satisfaction in food retail supermarkets. Customer satisfaction is defined as the extent to which a product or service meets or exceeds the customers’ expectations. The ...

Retail is the largest private industry in the world which accounts for 8 % GDP. In countries like US, UK, Germany, France major market share is in larger formats of business in terms of retail activities, categories, range, brands, and volumes etc. Indian retail industry is slowly inching its way towards becoming the next boom industry, as retail sector has been getting major attention from the...

Health systems should be willing and able to engage in retail health care, given increasing incentives and opportunities for consumers to shop around for care. Understanding seven dimensions of retail care, and assessing the competitive landscape and the associated risk, can help health systems prepare to succeed in a retail healthcare environment. Health systems then can undertake a focused re...