Self-checkout technologies (self-checkout or self-scanning systems) enjoy rapid development since the end of the 2000’s. Through qualitative interviews with retailers’ clients, this paper analyses their perception and usage of these new technologies. It helps to understand the process of...

This paper questions whether the overseas expansion of a country’s retailers fosters overall bilateral exports towards these host markets. To address this question, we consider an empirical trade model, where the foreign sales of multinational retailers reduce the fixed and variable trade...

From the 90’s onwards, retailers’ marketing resources have been mainly developed through the recruitment of qualified managers and the establishment of partnerships with service providers and suppliers. However, our research shows that overall marketing competency relies less on the...

Cette étude évalue l'influence de l'attractivité de trois caractéristiques du prospectus -- le prix, l'offre et le thème -- sur son efficacité pour le distributeur. Les résultats d'une enquête exploratoire menée auprès de 958 individus mettent en évidence des mécanismes d'influence...