The Measurement of Retail Output and the Retail Revolution [PDF]
The computerization of retailing has made price dispersion a norm in the United States, so that any given list price or transactions price is an increasingly imperfect measure of a product's resource cost. As a consequence, measuring the real output of retailers has become increasingly difficult.
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From the Retail Brand to the Retail-er as a Brand: themes and issues in retail branding research [PDF]
When we discuss research into retail branding, the natural starting point is the retail product brand – invariably referred to as the “private brand”, the “store brand” or the “retail brand”.
Keri Davies +3 more
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SPATIAL RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT OF OVERSAMPLED IMAGES USING REGRESSION DECOMPOSITION AND SYNTHESIS [PDF]
A new statistical model designed for regression analysis with a sparse design matrix is proposed. This new model utilizes the positions of the limited non-zero elements in the design matrix to decompose the regression model into sub-regression models ...
H.-W. Chen
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Ease or excitement? Exploring how concept stores contribute to a retail portfolio [PDF]
Purpose The study aims to explore how concept stores (theoretically) differ from other experience-based retail formats, and hence, how they (practically) contribute to a diversified retail store portfolio. Design/methodology/approach Case study based on
Kristianstad University. +13 more
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A conceptual framework for understanding how the green city philosophy translate into sustainable behaviour and performance: The case of retail businesses in Cape Town [PDF]
The concept of a “green city” is increasingly gaining momentum across the globe being driven by western values and ideologies. The green city philosophy does not only require investments in green infrastructure, but also adoption of sustainable behaviour
Dr Virimai Victor Mugobo +1 more
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The choice of public universities in a restructured and transforming Higher Education landscape: a student perspective [PDF]
The central tenet of the new Constitution of South Africa is to create equal and socially just economic order. This resulted in the higher education sector being restructured through incorporations and mergers.
Soobramoney Penceliah +2 more
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The impact of risk factors on South African consumers’ attitude towards online shopping
Orientation: The advances in technology have resulted in an increasing number of people choosing to shop online, globally. Despite the growing number of those shopping online and online retailers, most customers continue to avoid shopping online.
Khathutshelo M. Makhitha +1 more
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An adapted consumer decision-making styles inventory of millennial consumers [PDF]
Contemporary literature challenges use of American and European based consumer decision-making styles (CDMS) inventories to African developing economies.
Dr T Musasa, Dr P Moodley
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Structural firefighter personal protective clothing user needs in the US: a mobility perspective
Firefighting involves performing intense physical activity under a wide range of movements; thus, it is essential that firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) allows for dynamic ergonomic mobility.
Meredith McQuerry, Sheryl Schofield
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A Novel Blockchain Framework for Industrial IoT Edge Computing
With the rapid development of industrial internet of thing (IIoT), the distributed topology of IIoT and resource constraints of edge computing conduct new challenges to traditional data storage, transmission, and security protection.
Xuesong Xu +3 more
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