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Mass retailing in France and urban landscape transformations: emergence and development
BelgeoThis article examines the emergence of mass retailing in France and its impact on the commercial and urban landscape from the mid-20th century to the present day.
Nathalie Lemarchand, René-Paul Desse
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Manufacturers and Retailers in the Global Economy [PDF]
We develop a general-equilibrium model to capture key features of the retailing and of the manufacturing industry in order to understand how these two industries interact and how labor is allocated between them.
Horst Raff, Nicolas Schmitt
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Integrated Commercial Activities and Intangible Consumption in Cities Development
Symphonya, 2011 The transformations taking place in consumers’ behaviour, brought on by the growing importance attributed to intangible elements in purchasing decisions, induce the different places of purchase, gravitating to the area (urban or rural), to enhance the ...
Roberta Tresca
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Determinants of Shopping Behavior of Urban Consumers [PDF]
This study explores the influence of geo-demographic settings of commercial centers, customer attractions in shopping malls, and route to shopping of urban shoppers. The present research analyzes retailing patterns in urban areas in reference to customer
Rajagopal
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Price Premiums for Single‐Name and Compound‐Name Geographical Indications in Swiss Cheese Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Geographical indications (GIs) have become increasingly important in agri‐food markets, especially in Europe. For Swiss cheese imports and exports, we analyze whether GIs are associated with higher trade prices. We find that price premiums can be obtained for both exports and imports. However, this is only the case for cheeses with single name
Judith Irek
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Internationalization of the Grocery Retail Market in Poland
Problemy Zarządzania, 2016 The paper presents the internationalization processes in the grocery retail market in Poland in 1990–2015. The study was conducted on the basis of the analysis of secondary data which allowed identifying foreign entities operating in this market and ...
Grzegorz Karasiewicz +1 more
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Who Pays for our Clothing from Lidl and KiK? [PDF]
, 2008 A report on the impact of buying practices of retail discounters Lidl and KiK on wages and working conditions in six selected suppliers in Bangladesh, as well as in German retailing as a ...
Alam, Khorshed +7 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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