...John Guthrie; Sarah Todd; John Guthrie; Anna Guthrie Purpose The purpose of the paper is to draw attention to an area of research that has considerable potential for academic researchers in the disciplines of retailing and distribution studies. Design/methodology/approach The methodology...

...Rajneesh Suri; Rajesh V. Manchanda; Sungho Lee Building on research that has studied cultural differences between South Korea and the USA, the authors' conceptualization suggests that products associated with fixed and discounted price formats would be evaluated differently in these two countries...

... offer. There is a positive relationship between evaluation of a CRM offer and purchase intent toward the offer. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Cause marketing Retailing Consumer behaviour Research During the past 20 years, both large corporations and small businesses have been increasingly...

...Marta Frasquet; Irene Gil; Alejandro Mollá; Teresa Vallet This paper describes the evolution of research in retailing comparing three different geographic regions: Spain, Europe and the USA. Working on the basis of a bibliographic review of the academic research published between 1996 and 2000...

...Enrico Colla; Marc Dupuis Looks at the development of Carrefour‐Primodès and Wal‐Mart, the world current leaders in terms of turnover and employment. Presents seven issues of particular interest to leading managers and researchers and examines how these are dealt with by the two leaders. Concludes...

...Jennifer Rowley; Frances Slack Summarizes the papers presented at The Second Marketing Science and the Internet Conference entitled: “Understanding Consumer Behaviour on the Internet”, held in Los Angeles, 28‐30 April 2000. Identifies key topical issues and future research agendas. Starts from...

... segmentation research by narrowing the gap between the academically oriented research on segmentation and the practical application of segmentation research. Applies the recommended methodology to a largescale investigation and discusses the empirical findings along with strategic implications for supermarket...

...Stephen Brown Comments on the article “Spokes in the Wheel of Retailing” Congratulates the authors on the issues raised therein,but maintains that “Spokes in the Wheel of Retailing”represents a missed opportunity. More detailed research is needed on the processes of retail change in the inter‐war...

..., as demonstrated by the third IGD/Touche Ross industry survey on DPP. The survey investigates the role of DPP at the trade interface, by manufacturers,retailers and wholesalers, both now and in the future. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Grocery industry Profitability Research Supermarkets Storage VOLUME...