European Cases in Retailing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631207309 ISBN 13: 9780631207306

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

This new casebook on retailing contains seventeen new cases illustrating the key issues facing European retailers today.

About this title

About the Author

Marc Dupuis is a marketing and retailing professor at the Paris Graduate School of Management (ESCP Group). He has been visiting professor at universities in Russia, the USA and Asia, and is the author of many books and articles. As a consultant, he remains in close contact with retailers and their suppliers.

John Dawson is professor of marketing at the University of Edinburgh and is visiting professor at ESADE, Barcelona. He has been visiting professor at universities in the USA, Australia and Japan and has been actively involved in researching retail issues for thirty years. His research interests are in international retailing, distribution channel relationships and public policy issues in retailing.

From the Back Cover

This casebook on retailing contains seventeen new cases illustrating the key issues facing European retailers today. The cases have been contributed by some of the top European experts in the field and are based on companies familiar to students across Europe. While taking a practical approach, these cases are designed to illustrate the complex nature of retail activity and the importance of culture in retailing. <p>The cases are not simply stories of how these firms undertook particular activities. Each of them deals with a specific set of issues and is written to enable exploration of these issues. Some of the cases deal with conditions which no longer concern the particular firm but illustrate a general issue applicable to retail management. Companies discussed include Promodes, Ikea, The Body Shop, Shoe Express, Benetton, and H&#228;agen-Dazs amongst others. The cases demonstrate some of the similarities and differences facing retailers from different countries, and include questions which enable exploration of key aspects of retail strategy or operations.</p>

From the Inside Flap

This casebook on retailing contains seventeen new cases illustrating the key issues facing European retailers today. The cases have been contributed by some of the top European experts in the field and are based on companies familiar to students across Europe. While taking a practical approach, these cases are designed to illustrate the complex nature of retail activity and the importance of culture in retailing.

The cases are not simply stories of how these firms undertook particular activities. Each of them deals with a specific set of issues and is written to enable exploration of these issues. Some of the cases deal with conditions which no longer concern the particular firm but illustrate a general issue applicable to retail management. Companies discussed include Promodes, Ikea, The Body Shop, Shoe Express, Benetton, and Häagen-Dazs amongst others. The cases demonstrate some of the similarities and differences facing retailers from different countries, and include questions which enable exploration of key aspects of retail strategy or operations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631207309
• ISBN 13: 9780631207306
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Dupuis Marc, Dawson John