Research Papers
The Institute publishes a Research Paper (formerly Working Paper) series which reports mainly on-going research by Institute staff or presentations made by visiting retail academics.
0701 K Davies The Industrial Revitalization Corporation Japan and the rehabilitation of Japanese retailing
0601 A Broadbridge, G Maxwell and S Ogden Retailing, Careers and Generation Y
0502 E Parsons and A Broadbridge Gender and Identity in the Charity Retail Workplace
0501 A Broadbridge Senior Retail Managers: Factors Assisting and Hindering Careers
0202 A Broadbridge and E Parsons Trading Up in Charity Retailing: Managing in a Climate of Change
0201 E Parsons People or Profits? The Challenges of Managing in Charity Retail
0102 A Broadbridge How Can the Retail Industry Better Attract Future Graduates
0101 A Broadbridge Graduate Careers: Is Retailing a Serious Option
0003 L Sparks Employment Effects of Food Superstores : Who is Right and Who Cares
0002 L Sparks Issues in Food Retailing in Scotland
0001 A Broadbridge and H Morgan Consumer Buying Behaviour of, and Perceptions Towards, Retail Brand Baby Products
9904 A Paddison Town Centre Marketing Strategies, London Borough of Nutfield, East Butfield Shopping District
9903 A Broadbridge, V Swanson and C Taylor The Implications of Retail Change on Employees’ Job Demands, Satisfactions and the Work/Home Interface
9902 P Freathy and F O’Connell Commercial Activities and the European Airport Sector : current issues and future threats
9901 S Burt and J Carralero-Encinas The Role of Store Image in Retail Internationalisation
9804 A Broadbridge Retail Managers: A Qualitative Investigation Into the Causes and Coping Strategies of Work Related Stress
9803 A Broadbridge Stress in Retailing: Preliminary Analysis of The Experiences of Retail Managers
9802 P Freathy and F O’Connell In-House Shopping Methods: Experiences from the US9801 J Fernie Outsourcing Distribution in UK Retailing
9703 L Sparks Here Kitty, Kitty … Reflections on Issues in International Internet Retailing
9702 A Smith and L Sparks Independent Retailers and Small Shops: Issues, Problems and Suggestions - Evidence from Scotland
9701 A Broadbridge Career Development in Retailing: Mentoring as a Management Development Aid
9603 P Freathy Regulation Theory and the Postmodernist Challenge : considerations in the development of meta-theory
9602 G Birtwistle, I Clarke and P Freathy Consumer Versus Retailer Perceptions of Store Positioning in the UK Fashion Sector
9601 P Freathy and L Sparks Work Distribution in Large Scale Food Retailing in the UK
9504 A Broadbridge The Career Development of Retail Managers: Preliminary Findings
9503 L Sparks Slaying The Giants? The Cott Corporation and Retailer Brand Soft Drinks in Great Britain and the USA
9502 A Broadbridge The Glass Ceiling is Not Being Shattered
9501 S Brown Sex’n'Shopping
9403 K Davies Some Views on the Overseas Activities of Japanese Retailers
9402 P Freathy and L Sparks Workers’ Attitudes to Sunday Trading
9401 A Broadbridge Career Progression of Post-Experience Managers
9303 A Broadbridge and S Horne Over the Counter : a study of charity shop volunteers
9302 S Horne and A Broadbridge From Rags to Riches : A Classification of Charity Shops
9301 K Davies The Lure of One Billion New Customers : Foreign Investment in the Retail Sector of the People’s Republic of China
9204 S Burt Retailer Brands in British Grocery Retailing : a review
9203 P Freathy and L Sparks Fordism and Retailing : A Note on the Curious Neglect of the Ford Commissaries
9202 R Larke Japanese Distribution
9201 K Davies The Changing Structure of Retailing in Singapore
9104 S Worthington The Future for Plastic Cards in the Provision of Consumer Credit in the United Kingdom
9103 S Horne and M Moss Box Collection Schemes: The Search for Optimum Location
9102 S Burt and L Sparks Car Parking, Retailers and Consumers
9101 H Biederman Strategic Restructuring in the US Department Store Industry
9005 S Burt The Internationalisation of European Food Retailers
9004 K Jones Canadian Retailing: current directions and future prospects
9003 R Larke Japan’s Generation Gap Markets
9002 S Shaw The Changing European Seafood Chain
9001 D Walters Value Studies and Market Segmentation
8904 L Sparks Aspects of Customer Service in North American Retailing: Views from a Fellowship
8903 S Worthington Retailers and EFTPOS: the Australian experience
8902 JR Beaumont The Commercial Use of Personal Information
8901 JA Dawson Japanese Retailing: movement to the post-traditional stage
8805 L Sparks Strategy in Retailing: the development of Kwik Save PLC
8804 JR Beaumont Retail Location Decision-Making
8803 P Aitken and L Sparks Retail Change in Scotland
8802 JD Lord Retail Decentralization and CBD Decline in American Cities
8801 R Larke A Consideration of Consumer Loyalty in Japan
8705 J Ozigi and S Worthingon Franchising in Scotland: barriers to development
8704 JA Dawson and SA Shaw Horizontal Competition in Retailing and the Structure of Manufacturer-Retailer Relationships
8703 D Harris Central versus Direct Delivery for Large Retail Food Outlets
8702 JA Dawson and SA Shaw The Challenge of Edge and Out-of-Town Retailing: seminar proceedings
8701 JA Dawson, AM Findlay and L Sparks Employment in British Superstores: summary of project findings
8606 M Gabbott Second Hand Used Car Dealer Licensing in Scotland: a survey of local authorities
8605 JD Parnham Junior Management Training Schemes in UK Department Stores
8604 S Burt, K Davies, T Marks and L Sparks Takeovers and Diversification within Retailing
8603 JA Dawson Developing Store Formats: the Polarisation of Operating Scale
8602 AC McKinnon The Physical Distribution Strategies of Multiple Retailers
8601 JA Dawson, AM Findlay and L Sparks The Anatomy of Job Growth: Employment in British Superstores
8506 A Findlay, R Paddison and A Findlay An Appraisal of Retail Change within the Cultural Context of the Middle East
8505 JA Dawson and L Sparks Information Sources and Retail Planning
8504 EC Bbenkele Marketing and the Economic Development Process in Less Developed Countries
8503 L Sparks (ed) Issues for Retail Planning in Scotland: seminar papers
8502 JA Dawson The Costs and Returns of Sunday Trading
8501 S Brown Commercial Revitalisation: a case study of Central Belfast
8409 T Cannon Marketing Problems of the Food Chain: an overview
8408 JA Dawson Distribution in Europe and Japan: some trends, comparisons and questions
8407 T Cannon and B Jackson Temporal and Organisation Factors in the Success Rates of Innovations
8406 L Sparks Electronic Funds Transfer at Point-of-Sale - an overview
8405 T Cannon Customer Oriented Technological Futures for Library Systems
8404 P Mosscrop The Opportunity: action to improve profitability through Logistiscs and; M Sweet Why Centralise? The Benefits and Opportunities of an Integrated Distribution System
8403 L Sawers Micro-Computers in Retailing
8402 A Werwicki The Organisation of the Distributive Trades in Poland
8401 CP Aitken Retail Planning in Central Region - an overview
8304 L Sparks The Impact of the Recession on Retail Employment
8303 JA Dawson Small Firms in Retailing: Terminal Illness or Just a Cold?
8302 JA Dawson Public Policy Controls on Hypermarket Development
8301 JA Dawson IT and its Effects on the Distributive Trades