The Current Status of Women in US Department Store Retailing: 2004

This study replicates the work of Gable, Fiorito and Topol () that examined the status of women in managerial ranks of department store organizations. Women now constitute 67% of all lower-level management positions, approximately 45% of middle-level positions, and 24% of those positions at upper levels. While some progress has been made since the 1994 study, females are not close to parity with males at the highest level positions. Further, a comparison was made of the gender composition of the boards of directors of the 25 largest industrial organizations (in annual sales volume) with that of the 25 department store organizations.     

传统百货业路在何方

<正>近几年,国内传统零售企业正面临越来越激烈的市场竞争,各地除少数老牌绩优大型综合性百货商厦尚有不至于太差的利润外,多数企业已面临经营困难甚至是难以为继的局面,其中有些零售企业连起码的生存关都     

Financial Institutions,the Theory of the Firm and Organisational Form

This article considers the theory of the financial firm, organisational form, and conversion from the mutual to the joint stock organisational form. It draws upon the transaction cost and property rights literature to provide an account of the existence of financial firms. Historically, the mutual emerged in response to asymmetric information. Both the persistence of mutuals and their conversion to the joint stock organisational form are explained with reference to path dependency, which arises from investment in particular assets that 'lock-in' firms to a particular outcome. Conversion is also explained as a necessary process that mutuals go through in an attempt to exploit economies of scope (synergies).     

The Decline of the Traditional American Department Store

Over the past five years, retailing in the United States has been going through many changes. As a result of these changes the traditional American department store, as an insititution, has been steadily on the decline. We provide an explanation for this devline by focusing on environmental factors an ordganizational changes. Environmental factors include changing consumer attitudes toward mass marketing, demographic changes forcing a suburban as opposed to urban focus, competition and overstoring, and new store social class distinctions. Organizational changes include the introduction of "Just-In-Time" (JIT) as a retail concept, a "trading up" in the merchandise mix, declinging customer services, the increased cost of reaching customers, maintenance of high gross margins, the move from local to regional to national presence, expansion leading to a loss of operational control, and the erosion of consumer trust in the institution.     

China＇s Chain Store ＆ Franchise Business Witness Great Development： 2005

The overall development： 1. The overall retail of social consumption will surpass RMB 600 billion in 2005, for 13% growth than 2004, estimated by CCFA.     

县域商贸零售业的“顶天立地”与“铺天盖地”——来自安徽安德利百货股份有限公司的报告

新型城镇化背景下,县域商贸零售业体制机制创新路在何方？安徽安德利百货股份有限公司立足县域市场,坚守自营模式20余年,造就了县域商贸零售业的“顶天立地”与“铺天盖地”.其科学的市场定位、长期坚守自营零售、“以农村包围城市”和“城市引领农村”的发展道路、坚持多业态发展等,为同行提供了很好的借鉴,也为实现县域商贸零售业创新增强了信心.     

农村中小批发零售企业自由连锁发展研究

自由连锁是指具有独立法人资格的若干企业为了共同的利益自愿结合而形成的组织。目前,我国农村中小批发企业发展自由连锁组织主要是横向联合,即建立自由连锁批发商;中小零售企业发展自由连锁的组织方式则主要有以零售商为主导的横向联合与以批发商为主导的纵向经济联合。而农村批发零售企业自由连锁店的建设能否获得最终的成功,建设和选择高效率、低成本、服务佳的物流配送至关重要,因此,要树立物流整体观念,解决物流管理中存在的"效益背反"问题;选择适合农村中小批发零售企业发展自由连锁的物流模式;做好配送中心的选址和货运规划工作。     

我国零售业竞争取胜的法宝——核心竞争力分析

核心竞争力是企业竞争的基础 ,一个没有核心竞争力的企业 ,也就不存在真实的竞争力。在我国零售业呈现出内外资企业并行发展、竞争激烈、适者生存的今天 ,零售企业如何通过提升核心竞争力 ,寻求生存发展的空间 ,是摆在零售企业经营者面前的一个重要课题。     

Food Retailing and Supply Chain Linkages in the Russian Federation

Abstract

This paper focuses on the evolution of Russian food retailing and linkages between and among firms in the food supply chain. Intermediation theory is used to develop a conceptual framework. Intermediaries have played an important role throughout the Russian food supply chain fulfilling the function of matching sellers and buyers. Tighter vertical linkages between firms in the Russian food industry are becoming more prevalent, and the roles of intermediaries may be performed by agents acting on behalf of a vertically integrated principal. The food retailing sector in the Russian Federation is evolving to be a source of information from the consumer to upstream firms.     

首尔零售业发展对北京零售业的启示

北京是中国零售业最为发达的城市之一,其零售业正处于行业整合阶段,零售企业数量多规模小,分散的行业结构亟待调整,新型业态急需发展.本文结合首尔零售业的发展历程和经验,针对北京零售业发展现状提出政策建议:以连锁经营集团化,提高零售企业的竞争力;依托互联网,探索创新零售商业模式;提升服务理念,提高零售业整体服务水平;做好跨区域和国际化扩张的准备.     

The Outlook for European Grocery Retailing: Competition and Format Development

This article analyses retail trends in the main European countries, and particularly format evolution and competition amongst retailing firms. On the basis of the existence of European retailing landscapes that are sometimes similar without ever being identical, the article analyses the impact of the main factors of change on different national markets. Whilst retail internationalisation and new entrants, commercial policy, legislative environments, technological innovations, consumers and buying behaviour will have a convergence effect on different countries' retail structures, substantial differences will still exist. European retailing in the coming years will probably be characterized by increasingly less marked differences between countries than one finds today, but market segmentation, variety and differentiation of retailing formats and brand names will be stronger within each country.     

中国连锁门店店长胜任力模型实证研究

连锁经营已经成为我国商业企业经营的主要模式之一,一个门店经营的成功与否在很大程度上取决于其店长的素质与能力,店长胜任力模型的建立至关重要.文章以文献研究和门店店长调查为基础,采用关键行为事件访谈法形成能力特征清单,采用因素分析和相关分析方法确定连锁店店长胜任特征要素,制定胜任特征评量表,描述连锁店店长岗位胜任特征,对连锁店店长胜任力进行实证研究.研究结果表明,连锁店店长胜任力模型包括店长素质、基础能力、专业能力三类.其中,店长素质包括一项,我们将五项店长素质胜任力指标统称为店长素质;店长基础能力包括两项,即解决问题与学习能力、沟通与合作能力;店长专业能力包括三项,即品类管理能力、卖场管理能力、门店营运能力.该模型可应用于连锁店店长招聘、培训、考核评价等方面,帮助连锁企业选拔、培养与考核店长,不断提高店长工作绩效,实现门店经营管理目标.     

百货店服务要素对店铺印象影响:基于晕轮理论的解释

零售店采用相应的服务手段可以强化消费者的店铺印象。本研究以晕轮效应理论为基础,以百货店为研究对象,采用方差分析方法,探讨商家对消费者提供的服务是否可以产生对店铺印象的扩大影响。结果表明,百货店业态的服务要素对消费者的店铺印象产生较为显著的影响,不同的服务项目提供与否会对百货店店铺印象产生不同影响,进而影响消费者对店铺印象的形成。     

打造中国零售连锁企业物流系统,开掘“第三利润源泉”

现代物流已成为企业的"第三利润源泉"。中国零售连锁企业应根据自身特有条件,在把企业做大的同时注重自身物流系统的配套发展,使其成为中国零售连锁企业"第三利润源泉"。