Abstract Informatisation, internationalisation and globalisation have dramatically changed retail sector; speeding up the retail processes, creating new sale formats, fastening the increase of income etc. During the last decade, logistics influenced the development of retailing by cutting down...

As literature suggests, subcontracting presents an important source of support of various kinds to small and medium-sized companies from large ones as well as an important source of efficiency and competitiveness. It is considered as an instrument of industrial and economic development and...

This volume focuses on Central and Southeast Europe, and explores the dynamic and complex area of distributive trade on markets which have recently undergone a huge transformation. Papers in the volume employ both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and focus on retailing,...