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Retail trade as an economic base [1978]

open access: yes, 1978
This document is produced as a part of the Kansas Statewide Economic Development Planning Program supported by a 302(a)--grant from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Kansas Department of Economic Development, Planning and Community Development Division
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Working capital management of South African retail firms

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2016
The way a firm manages its working capital can have a decisive influence on the firm’s profitability and liquidity. In view of the prominent role that the retail industry plays in the South African economy, the purpose of this study was to investigate ...
Elmarie Louw, John Hall, Leon Brümmer
doaj   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Information paper: measurement of online retail trade in macroeconomic statistics, 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
IntroductionOnline retail trade is a current topic of discussion within the Australian community. Interest centres on the size and growth of online retail trade as well as its performance relative to traditional store-based retail trade.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTIONAL TRAPS THEORY IN UKRAINIAN RETAIL BUSINESS

open access: yesРинкова економіка: сучасна теорія і практика управління, 2016
The retail trade is the most active segment in Ukrainian trade structure. However the positive dynamics of the trade sector hides a deep strain of an institutional nature.
О. Є. Мазур
doaj   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Superstores or mom and pops? Technolgy adoption and productivity differences in retail trade [PDF]

open access: yes
I document that cross-country productivity differences in retail trade, which employs around 20% of workers, are accounted for in large part by compositional differences.
David Lagakos
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imports and the structure of retail markets [PDF]

open access: yes
We construct a model of trade with heterogeneous retailers to examine the effects of trade liberalization on retail market structure, imports and social welfare.
Raff, Horst, Schmitt, Nicolas
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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