This article reviews retail change in Europe over the past 20 years. The sociocultural context
of retailing in Europe is briefly discussed before macro level changes in the relative scale of …

Considers the development of international retail thought and the need for an integrated
conceptual approach to the process of retail internationalisation. The paper considers the …

Most of us think we know something about retailing: we shop, we buy, we consume. But
retailing, perhaps more than any other economic sector, has been transformed …

The relationship marketing paradigm has emerged as a major tool by which marketers may
examine and conceptualise relationships with consumers, however its application to the …

Purpose–In the light of recent changes in the international environment, the purpose of this
paper is to consider whether the drivers of, and impediments to, retail internationalisation …

This article investigates retailers' choice of foreign markets using a spatial-interaction model
that takes into account factors related to the attractiveness of a given market as well as …

The last two decades have been characterised by an increasing internationalisation of retail
activity and a considerable number of academic attempts to classify or categorise this …

Investigates the entry of Wal‐Mart in Brazil, and subsequent moves of established retailers
and new entrants with data taken from secondary sources and interviews with executives …

Purpose The need for retailers to internationalize is a growing reality in developed markets.
Research examining problems in this process argues that the barriers to internationalization …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to investigate firm‐and country‐level drivers of retail
performance. Design/methodology/approach–A database of the top 200 global retailers was …