... their marketplace concentration, they have to be careful not to fall into a growth trap. They need to be more devoted to driving up their financial performance. Originality/value The paper reports the results of a comprehensive longitudinal study of the largest public retailers, and focuses on applying two...

..., examinations of this relationship have focused on samples from the industrial sector and have not investigated samples in the retail sector. Findings indicate that,both in terms of financial performance and operating performance, the group of retailers employing a combination of low‐cost/ differentiation...

.... British retail acquisitions in the US are examined in the years between 1984 and 1989 with particular emphasis on acquisition strategy, motivations, performance and the impact of 1992. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Europe Retailing USA Financial performance Mergers and acquisitions Performance...