The Institute of Grocery Distribution published last month a report on “The Physical Characteristics of Supermarkets opened during 1973”. It is reviewed here by T.W. Cynog‐Jones, formerly Research Officer to the IGD.

Jennifer Tanburn of Lintas, well‐known for her frequent reports on shops and shopping, has chosen retail trends in the Common Market as the theme of her latest book. It is the result of an extensive tour of Europe (and a visit to the States) which she made last year, and it is reviewed here by...

Post election euphoria on the stock market was very short lived with the F T Index falling particularly sharply after the Budget. Mr Healey's measures were badly received by the City as being hostile towards corporate profits. Earlier tax payments, a once and for all boost to Government...

Woolworth has once again disappointed its fast dwindling band of stock market fans. After several years of heightened expectations, and periodic share price flurries, performance has been disappointing. Adjusting for last year's thirteen month accounting period sales were up by 12% on an annual...

Escalating fuel costs, increased costs in materials handling equipment, labour costs in every sector rising — all these constitute a unique and especially pressing problem to the company with a major distribution function. Management consultants specialising in distribution are finding their...

“Physical and Human Dimensions of Growth” was the title of the first part of this paper, published in our last issue. In the following pages the writer concerns himself with the responsibility of the retailer to society in a wide sense — in terms of store location, shop design,...

In the March/April issue we published an article by Colin Paterson of British Home Stores in which he examined the use of ratios in financial analysis and questioned to what degree these ratios are meaningful. His article has prompted this follow‐up by Ralph Towsey, who suggests that some of...

Marketing is the catalyst which maximises gross profit from turnover, and thus marketing and buying are two sides of the same coin. Laurie Leigh, Tesco Managing Director responsible for marketing, buying and distribution takes the view that they are inseparable in practice for one provides the...

RHM is one of the principal groups in the food trade who run their distribution on an in‐house basis, and in the view of disinterested observers, it is not only an efficient operation but one which adheres to the “total concept” philosophy of PDM. Bob Beckham's view is that distribution is...

The pattern of flexible trading hours, with one or two late‐night openings, is now generally accepted in the UK, as it has been in most EEC countries. But now there is clear evidence from most of these countries of a growing separation between working and trading hours — trading hours are...