国外电力改革对我国电力零售市场建设的启示

我国电力市场改革已经走出了第一步：厂网分开,实现了发电侧的竞争。但是真正完善的市场,还必须在售电侧引入竞争,才能实现电力市场化改革的目的。因此,我们要及时建立起竞争性的电力零售市场,通过零售竞争,获得全面、充分的经济效益。文章主要对英国、美国和北欧等电力产业改革比较典型的国家和地区的改革进行系统阐述,通过对他们的经验教训进行总结,为我国进一步构建完整的竞争性电力零售市场提供有益的借鉴。     

零售企业供应链成本控制研究

文章首先对供应链进行了概述,介绍了供应链成本控制的内涵,结合沃尔玛供应链成本控制的实例,以供应链的三个环节:供应商、零售企业内部及零售企业与消费者环节为成本控制的切入点提出相应的成本控制策略。     

零售巨头在中国的物流布局给我们的启示

通过比较分析沃尔玛与家乐福在中国的物流发展现状,指出我国零售企业的物流管理系统存在很多不足,我国零售业应汲取两大外资零售业巨头物流系统的优点,结合自身情况,寻求适合中国零售业发展的物流模式。     

我国零售业上市公司经营效率评价与分析

2005年,我国零售业进入全面开放时期,分析这一期间内资零售企业经营效率的变化情况和原因,对评价开放对内资零售企业的冲击,提高内资零售企业经营效率十分重要。本文综合运用三种方法,即DEA、MPI和Tobit模型,对我国58家零售业上市公司2005～2010年的经营效率进行了评价和分析。研究表明:受全面开放的影响,零售行业竞争加剧,我国零售业上市公司的平均经营效率有所下降,且内部差异在加大;变动方向相反的技术变化和效率变化的叠加导致了这一结果;环境变量中,仅总部所在地对经营效率有显著影响。     

中国批发和零售业投入产出效率研究

采用可剔除环境因素和随机干扰影响的三阶段DEA方法,对2007年～2009年我国30个省市批零业的投入产出效率进行实证研究.结果表明:我国批零业2008年的投入产出效率高于2007和2009年,整体的技术效率、纯技术效率和规模效率均相对较高,但不同省市之间存在明显差异,东部地区最优,西部次之,中部最差.剔除环境因素和随...     

我国零售业上市公司成长性评价

对我国48家零售业上市公司进行统计性分析,进而从盈利能力、负债能力、运营能力、发展能力四个方面,运用因子分析法对零售业上市公司成长性进行评价,结果表明：我国零售业上市公司的盈利水平差异很大,资产负债率总体偏高,连锁经营是零售业经营发展的趋势;获利因子对零售业上市公司成长性的解释度最大,其次是成长因子。应主要从获利能力、长期偿债能力、运营能力三方面入手,提高我国零售业上市公司的成长性。     

Evaluating the potential of agent-based modelling to capture consumer grocery retail store choice behaviours

Evolving consumer behaviours with regards to store and channel choice, shopping frequency, shopping mission and spending heighten the need for robust spatial modelling tools for use within retail analytics. In this paper, we report on collaboration with a major UK grocery retailer to assess the feasibility of modelling consumer store choice behaviours at the level of the individual consumer. We benefit from very rare access to our collaborating retailers’ customer data which we use to develop a proof-of-concept agent-based model (ABM). Utilising our collaborating retailers’ loyalty card database, we extract key consumer behaviours in relation to shopping frequency, mission, store choice and spending. We build these observed behaviours into our ABM, based on a simplified urban environment, calibrated and validated against observed consumer data. Our ABM is able to capture key spatiotemporal drivers of consumer store choice behaviour at the individual level. Our findings could afford new opportunities for spatial modelling within the retail sector, enabling the complexity of consumer behaviours to be captured and simulated within a novel modelling framework. We reflect on further model development required for use in a commercial context for location-based decision-making.     

中国零售业业态结构调整与转型升级:动因、原则及操作标准

当前我国零售业正在经历一场以网络零售业成熟发展为最鲜明特征的技术升级和业态调整的深刻变革。本文从"技术创新"的视角对业态转型升级和业态结构调整动因分析的基础上构建了零售业态结构调整的原则和操作标准体系,结合零售业态发展的前瞻趋势和客观环境,对我国零售业空间布局优化提出对策建议。     

More than window dressing: visual merchandising and austerity in London’s West End, 1945–50

Abstract

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the fashion departments of London’s West End department stores were not only challenged by austerity and bomb damage but also by the growth of multiple retailers selling branded ready-to-wear goods. This article investigates how department stores responded by investing in display and visual merchandising to attract custom and rebuild their fashionable reputations. It argues that the difficulties caused by austerity conditions forced department stores to embrace new retail methodologies that helped them adapt to the changed circumstances of post-war fashion retail and compete with multiple retailers.     

Managing business performance: The contrasting cases of two multiple retailers 1920 to 1939

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Business performance measurement and management (PMM) systems are often viewed as relatively recent phenomena, responding to the failure of historical practices which prioritised financial measures. But despite the considerable focus on these systems over the last 25 years, they have not lived up to their early promise. This article looks backwards to understand how practitioners managed their performance in the past. It focuses on two British multiple retailers between 1920 and 1939 and highlights not only the formal processes they adopted but also the role of the informal processes which shaped how they achieved their objectives.