...Girish Prayag; Martin Landré; Chris Ryan Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the evolution of restaurant locations in the city of Hamilton over a 12‐year period (1996 to 2008) using GIS techniques. Retail theories such as central place, spatial interaction and principle of minimum...

...Seyed‐Mahmoud Aghazadeh This paper explores ways of improving logistics and distribution supply chains within the food retail industry. It includes the concepts of logistics and supply chain as well as the new challenges in the food industry. The paper derives that business‐to‐business and e...

...Paul Mitchell; Hadyn Ingram Considers a number of analytical theoretical frameworks used in retailing to assess space, benchmark performance and determine property market value. Compares the nature of the hospitality product to retailing and applies some of these frameworks to the hotel context...

... of staff induction programme in place. In most cases, the induction programme is short‐lived and focused on job role and administrative procedures. The survey of these firms suggests that there is a need to embrace best practice from other sectors of the retailing industry, in particular, the recognition...

...Daniel Smith Examines the different employment structures in leisure and retail organizations in the light of the recent Sunday Trading Act, 1994. Considers the make‐up of staff; training methods; rates of pay and changing customer demand patterns in order to draw comparisons and identify possible...

...Richard Teare; Mike Davies; Bill McGeary Sustained growth in the short break market has enabled hotel companies to develop nationally recognised brands such as Thistle Hotels′ “Highlife Breaks”. Success in the serviced accommodation sector of this market critically depends on effective retail brand...