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Organizational buying of capital equipment involving persons across several authority levels

Woodside, Arch G.; Liukko, Timo; Vuori, Risto - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 14 (1999) 1, pp. 30-48

We develop a general paradigm of organizational buying and customer preferences at several authority levels within retail firms. The paradigm includes ten propositions, including the following three: (1) Organizational buying involving persons at several authority levels occurs for purchases...

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Quick Response: An International Perspective

Fernie, John - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 24 (1994) 6, pp. 38-46

Discusses the development of quick response techniques in different parts of the world, notably the UK, USA, continental Europe and Japan. While much of the initial work on quick response focused on the fashion sector of business, deals specifically with grocery markets where arguably quick...

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Safeway puts personal development at the forefront

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 4, pp. 16-18

A new training program for managers at UK retailer Safeway encourages participants to decide their personal direction without reference to the company’s interests, on the basis that the individual is more interested than anyone else in his or her own development. The Aspire! program, described...

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A Study of Price Accuracy in the New Zealand Supermarket Industry

Garland, B.R.; McGuinness, D.E. - In: European Journal of Marketing 26 (1992) 10, pp. 53-64

pricing and an accompanied concern about price accuracy. An empirical study of 86 New Zealand supermarkets compared the shelf …

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Perceived Risk in Grocery Outlet Selection: A Case Study in Saudi Arabia

Yavas, Ugur; Tuncalp, Secil - In: European Journal of Marketing 18 (1984) 3, pp. 13-25

States that perceived risk is an integral component of contemporary models/theories of consumer behaviour. Assesses if perceived risk is a determinant of supermarket patronage using Saudi Arabia as an example. Draws the conclusions that: perceived risk is a determinant of supermarket patronage...

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Adoption of Supermarket Shopping in a Developing Country: The Selective Adoption Phenomenon

Goldman, Arieh - In: European Journal of Marketing 16 (1982) 1, pp. 17-26

with inefficient distribution of food items, into one which will consist mainly of supermarkets. …

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Female and Part‐Time Employment within Superstore Retailing

Sparks, Leigh - In: European Journal of Marketing 16 (1982) 7, pp. 16-29

Investigates employment in the distributive trades — considering it is the second largest order in the UK Standard Industrial Classification of 1968. Says that June 1980 employment totalled 2.7 million workers, but that the retail trades — largest sub‐division of the distributive trades...

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Problems and prospects of supermarket development in China

Wing‐Chun Lo, T.; Lau, Ho‐Fuk; Lin, Gong‐Shi - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 29 (2001) 2, pp. 66-76

developing country. When supermarket technology was introduced to China in 1981, supermarkets were mainly serving visitors from … overseas. When the economic environment improved during the 1990s, supermarkets in China shifted focus to the local community …. The findings of this study showed that the nature of problems faced by supermarkets changed over time during the past 18 …

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EUROPEAN NEW ENTRY INTO UK GROCERY RETAILING

Colin Duke, Robert - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 21 (1993) 1

A number of competitive forces seem set to re‐shape the UK grocery retail market during the 1990s, such as superstore saturation, information technology, and the emergence of a dominant “Big Three” group of retailers. A factor likely to be of major significance is the entry of European...

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SUPERMARKET SHOPPING LISTS: THEIR EFFECT ON CONSUMER EXPENDITURE

Thomas, Art; Garland, Ron - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 21 (1993) 2

The presence of a written shopping list on a major grocery buying trip to the supermarket is tangible evidence of out‐of‐store planning by the shopper. This pre‐planning may influence both time spent in store and grocery expenditure, two factors of importance to supermarket retailers. Set...

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