European Retail Digest articles from September 2005

European Retail Digest archives from September 2005

Editorial.(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... On a recent visit to China, I was struck by the extent to which a sellers' market is being increasingly replaced by a buyers' market in the larger cities. In Shanghai, for example, the city's tenth five-year plan suggested that there might be...

Trends in European clothing retailing.(Feature / Fashion Retailing)(Company overview)
September 22, 2005... Introduction Fashion retailing across Europe has been facing some tough times of late and forecasts (Mintel 2005) suggest that in many countries the clothing sector will continue to under-perform the overall retail market. That said,...

Fashion buyers: cultural intermediaries (1).
September 22, 2005... Introduction UK clothing retailing has become very competitive since the 'retail revolution' of the 1980s (Gardner & Sheppard, 1989). In the late 1990s, a number of established high-street businesses, such Marks and Spencer (M&S) and Laura...

Fashion Retail Academy provides an industry focus.(Company overview)
September 22, 2005... The Fashion Retail Academy is a proactive realisation of the UK Government's ambition to improve skill levels of the UK workforce. Set up and run in a partnership between Arcadia Group and London College of Fashion, the Fashion Retail Academy...

Retailing and commercial distribution, consumer interests and healthy market competition: interview with Antonio Catricala, Chairman of the Italian Antitrust Authority.(Interview)
September 22, 2005... The Competition and Fair Trading Act, Law 287 of 10th October 1990, established the Italian Antitrust Authority, which has the status of a public agency and is an independent authority. To ensure the highest possible level of independence from...

Retailing in central and eastern Europe.
September 22, 2005... In this article, Euromonitor International examines the main trends and developments in retailing in central and eastern Europe for the European Retail Digest, covering the four key markets of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia....

An attractive target market: retailing in Poland.
September 22, 2005... The Polish economy is the largest in central Europe and during the mid 1990s experienced strong GDP growth that, combined with the immature retail structure and its accession to the EU, made it an attractive target market for retail investment....

Retail gravity model analysis of store choice behaviour of hypermarket shoppers in Sarajevo.
September 22, 2005... The paper provides empirical evidence on the store choice behaviour of hypermarket shoppers in Sarajevo, Bosnia. It aims to identify the major determinants driving customer patronisation decisions for the major weekly shopping trip. The list of...

Food retailing in central Europe: a case study of traditional and modern grocery retailing in Croatia.
September 22, 2005... Food retailing in central Europe continues to experience significant changes as companies expand operations, modernise, and adapt to the new competition (Drtina, 1995; Myers & Alexander, 1997; Waters, 1999; Esbjerg, 2002; Euromonitor, 2004)....

Proper names of shops and firms in post-Communist countries.
September 22, 2005... Researchers involved in the study of proper names are shifting their focus of interest from the traditional areas of onomastics (anthroponymy and toponymy) onto names of objects and items made by humans. One such relatively new area of research...

EU trade liberalisation: internal and external.(European Political Issues)
September 22, 2005... Hampton Court Palace: Spectre at the feast? Tony Blair is two-thirds through his six-month stint as President of the Council of the EU. He had planned to mark the occasion with a groundbreaking summit at which he and his fellow Heads of State...

Unidentifiable private labels in retailing and their impact on competition and consumers.(News Analysis)
September 22, 2005... Introduction Apart from industry brands, food retailers have increasingly been selling own-label products for some years now. Collectively, such products are also known as private labels. For their private labels, retailers can decide...

China's growing attractiveness to global retailers: strategies for retail expansion in China.(News Analysis)
September 22, 2005... Explosive Demographics After more than a decade since China made its first tentative steps towards opening its retail sector to foreign involvement, almost every major retailer in the world has now earmarked China as a high priority for...

Customer-centric merchandising: how to get it right.
September 22, 2005... Introduction Shifting consumer preferences are making retailers look towards a customer-centric merchandising strategy rather than one-size-fit-all standard practices that have been the norm. An approach to effectively enable...

The retail sector in India.(Letter / India)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2005... Dear Reader During the last decade, India has experienced strong economic growth averaging about 6% per annum, which is well above the rate of growth of population. Inflation levels have been reasonable, so per capita income has grown in...

Deeper customer insight: understanding today's complex shoppers.(Viewpoint)(Company overview)
September 22, 2005... Introduction In today's evolving marketplace, retailers face a "world of extremes" characterised by unprecedented complexity, intense competition and market polarisation. Customers are increasingly demanding relevant value propositions...

The 12th Asian Retailers Convention and Exhibition, Beijing, China, September 2005.
September 22, 2005... The biennial ARCE meetings provides an opportunity for members of the 17 retail associations which make up the Federation of Asian Retailers' Associations to meet and discuss common issues and concerns. Hosted by the China General Chamber...

55th GDI International Conference on Retailing: Delivering the new prosperity, Ruschlikon/Zurich, September 2005.
September 22, 2005... In pursuit of "meaningful consumption" The promise of material prosperity and social wellbeing has lost a great deal of its credibility in Western society. Ways of "Delivering the new prosperity" (conference subtitle) were therefore addressed...