Titlebook: Retailing in the 21st Century; Current and Future T Manfred Krafft,Murali K. Mantrala Book 2010Latest edition The Editor(s) (if applicable)

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Trends in Retailing in East Asiaf the world, and, with some important exceptions, remains largely undeveloped in terms of modern retailing. This latter fact is changing as the world’s leading grocery retailers, notably Carrefour, METRO Group, Tesco, and Wal-Mart, expand in the region, emphasizing East Asian markets as a major pill

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Insights into the Growth of New Retail Formats in Indiap that have plans to expand in this market; even domestic corporate behemoths such as Reliance, TATA, KK Modi, the Aditya Birla group, and the Bharti group are now forging ahead in the development of retail businesses. On 27 June 2007, Reliance announced that it would invest US $ 5.6 billion in reta

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Future Store Technologies and Their Impact on Grocery Retailingother new technologies in a real-life environment. The objective was to find solutions entailing real advantages for both the retail industry and the consumers. In the short run, the focus was on technologies that can increase the effectiveness of logistic processes and make shopping easier and more

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The Third Wave of Marketing Intelligenceetailers adopted point-of-sale (POS) systems with UPC barcode scanning. This provided companies with real-time data on purchase transactions and accurate estimates of product sales and market share. Retailers used this information in combination with shelf space allocation and product inventory info

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New Automated Checkout Systemsutomated teller machines at the bank. Self-service is a trend that is extending to more and more aspects of daily life. The triumphal procession of self-service systems seems to be extending to the supermarkets. New automated self-checkout systems enable shoppers to scan, bag, and pay for their purc

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Understanding Retail Customersivities we are in a good position to reflect on our personal experiences, but what in general is known about retail customers and what changes are becoming apparent? Corporate and academic analysts are grappling with this question, and it is the focus of this chapter. In the first section a retrospe

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