TY  - BOOK
AU  - McClelland,W.Grigor
TI  - Studies in retailing
AV  - HD9322.5 .M3
U1  - 338.4765887 
PY  - 1963///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - B. Blackwell
KW  - Grocery trade
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The first chapter attempts to look at distribution as a whole. The second chapter provides a conspectus, designed for an American audience, of the changes in British retailing through an eventful decade. Chapter 3 focuses on the emergence of the supermarket as the potentially dominant form of outlet in the food trades. Chapters 4 and 5 examine those of interest to sociologists and discuss the supermarket's impact on the distribution of farm produce. Chapters 6 and 7 focus o the determination of prices, and analyse the particular characteristics of modern retailing which are relevant to the development of managers for retail organizations. The final chapter describes, with references, some of the ways in which modern methods of collecting and analyzing data can inform and improve managerial decisions in distributions
ER  -