BACKGROUND Tobacco companies have opposed the removal of tobacco retail displays, arguing this would compromise retailers' safety, increase retail crime, reduce retailers' income, impose additional costs and be inconvenient. These arguments have successfully delayed policy development in several jurisdictions. METHODS In-depth interviews conducted with New Zealand retailers who had voluntaril...

In this article, the authors examine the spatial distribution of major retail chains across Canada. Using store location data for 2001 and 2006, the geospatial approach adopted in this study allows for the analysis of retail chains’ store portfolios by the size of the resident population of the ‘markets’ within which they operate. The analysis presented highlights the dominance of chain locatio...

This study was conducted to determine factors that influence the relationship quality in a retail clothing store setting. Relationship quality comprises two elements, trust and satisfaction. Subjects of this study were taken from customers of two major retail clothing outlets in Penang. The results revealed that all five variables; physical aspects, reliability, personal interaction, problem-so...

Surprisingly little research has been conducted on what characterizes “effective” visions, and yet leaders, particularly in the entrepreneurship literature, are widely exhorted to employ visions. A research model was tested in retail SMEs to investigate relationships between seven literature-derived vision attributes (of brevity, clarity, future orientation, stability, challenge, abstractness, ...

Store brands are thought to improve a retailer’s position relative to leading brand manufacturers and to reduce retail prices. Steiner (2004) offers a characterization of typical industry structures by considering the relationship between interbrand and intrabrand elasticities. We estimate a model of demand and use elasticity estimates to characterize Boston’s fluid milk market as falling into ...

Purpose – This paper investigates the managerial challenges arising from the deployment of cross-company boundary-spanning teams to improve on-shelf availability. Design/methodology/approach – The study focuses on two, supplier employed teams, each merchandising their employers’ timber-products within the stores of two leading UK DIY retail groups. Non-participant observation and self-administe...

Although scholars and business leaders generally expect the small fashion boutique retail format to phase out in China after the China joined the WTO, it has so far remained very resilient under current retail changes. This essay investigates the characteristics of the small fashion boutique format and explicates why small fashion boutiques remain to have certain advantages over larger retail f...

Due to increasing concerns about environmental protection, the environmental sustainability of businesses has been widely considered in the manufacturing and supply chain context. Further, its adoption has been implemented in the retail industry for marketing field, including green product promotion. This study aimed to propose a customer purchasing behavior analysis as an alternative for suppo...

This paper explores the consequences of new information technologies, such as bar codes and computer-tracking of inventories, for the optimal organization of retail. The first result is that there is a complementarity between the new information technology and frequent deliveries. This is consistent with the recent move in the retail sector toward higher-frequency delivery schedules. The second...