Retailing is one of the biggest and most important sectors in today's economy. Graduates
who are seeking a career in the sector will therefore require a solid knowledge of its core …

Through their assortment and merchandising decision-making retailers influence consumers
choice by adjusting the choices available to them. Anchored in a market practice view, this …

In this paper we analyse differences and similarities in the strategies adopted by the main
food retailers operating in the UK and in Spain through the first half of the 1990s. We find …

The merchandise assortment plays a fundamental role in retailing; it conveys the positioning
of the retailer, and is a key determinant of image and patronage. However, existing literature …

Utility mining has been emerging as an important area in data mining. While existing works
on utility mining for retail businesses have primarily focused on the problem of finding high …

Sustainability and online retailing are two of the main challenges in the food industry. This
study analyzes how honey characteristics, including sustainability indicators, affect …

Die vorliegende Dissertation ist am Institut für Konsum-und Verhaltensforschung an der
Universität des Saarlandes (IKV) entstanden und wurde im Sommer 2005 an der dortigen …

The Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model is conceptually longitudinal; however, most
studies applying the model are crosssectional. There are many reasons why the literature is …

One of the features of the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model that is often overlooked is
the context of its appearance and its intellectual setting. Most of us who have used the model …

Alongside revenue maximization, retailers seek to offer a diverse range of items to facilitate
sustainable revenue generation in the long run. Moreover, customers typically buy sets of …