Changing European retail landscapes: New trends and challenges

Ćuzović

et al. 2020

Retail and retail development have become increasingly important in the economies of a number of countries in recent years. Given that retail chains are in direct contact with consumers, food retail control is important for both consumers and retailers. Additionally, food control is an important business segment of all companies involved in the food distribution chain, from food production, processing, storage, and sales to end consumers. On the one hand, the right to healthy and safe products is one of the basic consumer rights. On the other hand, retail chains tend to deliver healthy and safe products to consumers, using the principle of efficiency and positive business performance. In line with the above, i.e. food retailers’ challenge to satisfy consumer demands for healthy and safe products, but also to achieve positive business performance, the aim of this paper is to analyse the importance of food control for retail development, with particular reference to the market of the Republic of Serbia. For this purpose, empirical research is carried out on a sample of 169 food retailers. Using the available financial data, as well as data obtained from field research, the paper tests hypothesis on the impact of food control, as measured by the percentage allocation for the introduction of food safety standards, on food retail performance. The ANFIS method is used, and the results show positive impact of food control on food retail development in the Republic of Serbia.

Section: Literature Review Development Of Retail and Food Retailmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Importance of Food Control for Retail Development – Evidence Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Approach

Ćuzović

et al. 2020

“…Even here we can observe a signifi cant increase in respondent consumer satisfaction with shopping in Austria. This factor is in favour of the Austrian town, although Slovak retail has developed in recent years due to globalization trends typical for western European countries (Križan et al, 2016;Kunc & Križan, 2018). While less than half of consumer in Slovakia are satisfi ed with the assortment (better evaluation than 3), more than two thirds of consumers are more satisfi ed with the assortment of goods in Hainburg an der Donau.…”

Section: Marketing and Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison of Grocery Shopping Behaviour of Slovak Residents on the Slovak-Austrian Border: an Empirical Study – Hainburg an der Donau

Kita¹,

Križan²,

Bilková³

et al. 2020

E+M

Self Cite

Food is a part of human life, forming its existential and cultural basis. It also has become the basis of trade and a measure of the level of one or another culture, the engine of economic development. All these themes resonate more and more in debates in Slovakia as well. There are several reasons why. Slovaks still pay relatively more for food in comparison to neighbouring Austrians, who benefi t from a rich offer of food at an affordable price. This might be related to an organized agricultural landscape, which is the product of economically prosperous food production. Bratislava residents' dissatisfaction with shopping experiences and products on offer in the current retail network in Bratislava forces them to travel to shop in the town of Hainburg an der Donau. The article states the types of Slovak consumers and their identities. An empirical study was conducted on a sample of 909 Slovak consumers shopping in Austrian grocery stores located in Hainburg an der Donau on the Slovak-Austrian border. The respondents rated their shopping experience and products on offer in the town. The study compares Slovak and Austrian stores based on the consumers' reasoning behind purchasing food in Austria and consumer satisfaction with the stores in both countries. Multidimensional scaling was used to present the results of the study. The results of the study represent a comparison of shopping behaviour of Slovak residents when considering shopping in Austria. Constructed perception maps identify the main types of consumers indicating the largest discrepancy in purchasing groceries in Austrian and Slovak stores.

“…Hypermarkets, specialised hypermarkets, and commercial centres came to be built on the outskirts of the city as well as in the city core, along thoroughfares and near important residential zones outside the city centre (Lukić & Jakovčić, 2004;Nagy, 2001;Sić, 2007;Temelová, 2007). The shopping centres became a phenomenon, with both commercial and non-commercial purposes (Kunc & Križan, 2018;Lukić & Jakovčić, 2004). Going to the shopping centre became, besides shopping, an attraction, amusement, and leisure time activity (Kunc, Frantál, Szczyrba, Tonev, & Toušek, 2011;Lukić, 2002;Spilková & Radová, 2011).…”

Section: The Causes Of Abandonment Of Commercial Premisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hollowing out and revitalising a post-socialist city centre: Vacant commercial premises in Zagreb

Kaufmann¹,

Kliček²,

Bišćević³

et al. 2020

Geogr. Pol.

The problem of vacant commercial premises has been present in some central areas of transitional cities of Central and Eastern Europe, which have decayed in parallel to spatially uneven urban development processes and/or suburban expansion. This research aims to contribute to systematic analysis of the reasons for abandonment of commercial premises in the centre of Zagreb and exploration of revitalisation strategies, with an emphasis on the significance of citizen participation for successful planning and management of the city. The research was undertaken in two phases in May, 2016. The first included mapping of vacant commercial premises on selected streets in Zagreb’s centre. Next, using a non-probabilistic sample, a questionnaire survey was carried out face-to-face and online (N = 200). The results of the questionnaire survey showed the respondents’ awareness of the complex set of reasons underlying the occurrence and expansion of this phenomenon in the city centre and the need for urban regeneration, including a stronger regulatory framework at the city level.