European Retail Digest articles from March 2004

European Retail Digest archives from March 2004

The rebirth of European urban centres?(European Property Issues)
March 22, 2004... Traditionally, cities have been the centres of social and cultural life, and have played and will continue to play a central role in the development of Europe. Cities are often seen as the dynamos of the economy, necessary to maintain economic...

Retail branding/platform development[R]: the holistic approach to retail branding.(Feature / Branding)
March 22, 2004... Brands exist by grace of the relevance that they bring to the target group. A relevance that is based on the unique underlying values of the brand--who the brand is, what the brand does and how the brand works 'here and now'. If people can...

The development of the largest loyalty brand in the UK: Nectar.
March 22, 2004... Nectar was launched in September 2002. It began life as an independently-owned coalition loyalty programme with four 'sponsors' (the companies that issue the Nectar points) and over 60 rewards 'suppliers' (where Nectar points can be redeemed)....

The E-reputation mix: building and protecting retailer brands online.
March 22, 2004... Online shopping in the UK is growing 12 times faster than shopping the high street, and is predicted to grow 50% year on year1. Retailers have focused mainly on customer users to identify success factors that attract and retain customers,...

Luxury brands online and offline: the case of French brands.
March 22, 2004... While the global luxury market, estimated at US$170bn in 2000, expanded by 10% between 1996 and 2000, it is expected to grow by only 5.6% between 2000 and 2004 (Euromonitor, Dec 2001; Eurostaff, Mintel International). Experts believe that some...

Building a strong retailer brand across markets: interview with Mads Krage, chairman of Netto.(Interview)
March 22, 2004... Netto is the leading Danish discount retailer. The company is based in Koge, South of Copenhagen. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dansk Supermarked A/S. In Denmark, Dansk Supermarked accounts for nearly a third of Danish retail sales and...

E-purse: blessing or curse for retailers?
March 22, 2004... Electronic purses are chip cards that can store prepaid monetary value to be used as a multipurpose means of payment. In the Benelux countries, usage of the local e-purses jumped significantly following the launch of the common currency. Is...

Are Dutch online retailers 'customer intelligent'? The results from the 2003 benchmark survey among Dutch eTailers.
March 22, 2004... Introduction No other consumer-marketing organisation is as privileged as the online retailer. Each consumer contact can directly be registered, identified, monitored, and stored. This technology-driven opportunity to track customers and...

Factory outlet centres in Belgium.
March 22, 2004... Initially, factory outlets were only for the workers of the plants concerned. They could buy end-of-line goods and seconds at very attractive prices. Gradually, this first generation of factory outlets opened to external consumers for special...

Recent developments in the Dutch retail landscape.
March 22, 2004... Introduction The current Dutch retail landscape is the result of decades of restrictive spatial retail policy. Both within and outside the Netherlands this policy is well-known and famous for keeping the existing spatial retail structure...

Impact of private labels on competition: why European competition law should permit resale price maintenance.(European Political Issues)
March 22, 2004... Introduction For some years the market share of private labels in food retailing has been steadily increasing. Superficially it could be assumed that the increased spread of private labels is nothing more than a reflex of the supply side...

Editorial.
March 22, 2004... One of the most valuable assets firms have is represented by the intangible asset of their brands. Retailers came late to the branding party. French branding guru Jean-Noel Kapferer wrote in the 1990s of the traditional dominance of...

The price is wrong: how retailers can raise market share and profitability through efficient pricing over the entire product life cycle.(European Financial Perspectives)
March 22, 2004... Introduction How do retailers know that the price they are charging for their goods is the price that will yield the greatest profit, and not just when products first hit the shelves, but right though the life cycle, all the way to final...

Managing global accounts: a new reality.(News Analysis)
March 22, 2004... What is Global Account Management? While the concept of global account management is well-established in industries such as automotive, chemicals and IT, it remains relatively new to grocery retailing. To date its impact has been limited,...

Trends in the Food Retail Sector across Europe.
March 22, 2004... The grocery retail sector across Europe is mature, and consequently has some of the most developed and sophisticated retail organisations in the world. In many countries, the food sector is a primary focus for retail regulation that has, among...

Fast fashion.
March 22, 2004... Definition and Context "In the textile sector, speed is everything. We need to have a strong response to market demands." Enric Casi, Director General of Mango. 'Fast fashion' became a buzzword in UK clothing retail in 1997-98, a period...

Brand expectations: made in Russia.(Letter: Russia)
March 22, 2004... Dear Reader The lifestyles and expectations of Russian consumers, particularly in the cities, have changed dramatically in the last few years since the rouble crash in 1998. A common factor in all countries is the danger of underestimating...

Entrepreneurship in Europe.(Viewpoint)
March 22, 2004... At Community level as well as Member State level, elements of entrepreneurship stimulating policies have been introduced and new plans are foreseen. The reasons for pursuing this policy area vary but fall within a narrow band of objectives; to...

Innovation and dynamics in Japanese retailing: from techniques to formats to system by Hendrik Meyer-Ohle, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
March 22, 2004... Innovation and Dynamics in Japanese retailing: From Techniques to Formats to System by Hendrik Meyer-Ohle, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 This is an excellent book for any academic or practitioner seeking to understand the subtleties and...

Retailing by Tony Kent and Ogenyi Omar, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
March 22, 2004... Retailing by Tony Kent and Ogenyi Omar, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 This new text by Kent and Omar, will appeal to a wide retail audience. It provides a comprehensive overview of strategic and operational activities associated with retailing....

Retail Week Awards Dinner March 2004, Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
March 22, 2004... Retail Week Awards Dinner March 2004, Grosvenor House Hotel, London The Digest is not in the habit of reviewing awards dinners, but we thought that the recent Retail Week event deserved attention, for two reasons. The first reason was who...