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Volume 9, Issue 4
1 April 1981
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Retail and Distribution Management
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Review Article| April 01 1981

The operation of an independent distribution system Available to Purchase

Colin Whimster
Colin Whimster
Managing Director, Lowfield Distribution Ltd
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2396-9083
Print ISSN: 0307-2363
© MCB UP Limited
1981
Retail and Distribution Management (1981) 9 (4): 59–63.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018108

Massive changes have taken place in the retail sector over the past ten years or so: the closure of thousands of grocery outlets and the move to large‐scale units being the two most significant. These changes have posed problems in the distribution sphere; some of these problems are discussed by Colin Whimster in this special feature.

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