Purpose – The main aim of this research is to provide empirical analyses about the store brand management by manufacturers and retailers from the manufacturer's perspective, in the current context, which is one of intense competition between manufacturer and store brands. Particularly, this...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the problems encountered in retail international joint ventures (IJVs). It synthesizes and applies transaction cost economics and strategic management theories to help explain the dynamics within the international retail joint venture (IRJV) process....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the international retailers' strategic responses to the institutional environment in emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach – Based on in‐depth interviews with top managers from a grounded‐theory perspective, the research provides...

Despite the high level of investment in information systems by many retailers, senior management expectations are frequently not being met. The value of the information now available to the business seems not to be readily translated into commercial advantage. The challenge is to recognise that...

Despite some significant success stories, there has been only a slow diffusion of awareness of the benefits and application of site evaluation techniques in general, and the application of geographical information systems (GISs) in particular. Four types of factors that have hindered the...

Reveals that the People′s Republic of China is a market in transition. The Chinese Government wants to modernize the retail industry as part of the movement from a planned economy to a market economy. Reports that a series of interviews with managers of government‐owned department stores and...

In the competitive business environment, retailers can obtain profit by strategic planning and delivering consumer satisfaction. Quick response (QR) is a new business strategy to maximize consumer satisfaction by implementing new technologies (e.g. barcoding, scanner). Reports on research which...

Strategic management concepts in US food retailing and wholesaling are focused on. First, an overview of US food retailing and distribution is given. Second, an analysis of the changing American consumer is provided: growing emphasis on health and environmental concerns; changing demographics...

As retail margins narrow, the quest for maximum returns from each outlet increases. Increasingly, the board rooms of international retailers are opening to geographers for help in identifying not only where their customers are but on what they spend their money. Argues that a bespoke approach to...

Purpose – The paper seeks to explore Kant's formulations on universal good will, perfect moral order, and universal peace, and the notion that the world's citizenship should be organised in a federated system of states, free to choose their own universal laws. Design/methodology/approach –...