The Outlook for European Grocery Retailing: Competition and Format Development

Colla, Enrico

doi:10.1080/0959396032000154293

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“…In spite of the popularity of internationalization in retailing, research has provided evidence that failures in international ventures are not uncommon (Burt, Dawson, & Sparks, 2003, 2004Burt, Mellahi, Jackson, & Sparks, 2002;Gandolfi & Strach, 2009), resulting in economic or financial failure and eventual shutdown of operations in a particular market. In this regard, while research focuses on the geographical dimension of internationalization and the degree of adaptation to local market conditions (Burt, Davies, Dawson, & Sparks, 2008), little attention has been paid to the impact of retail internationalization intensity on firm results.…”

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Internationalization patterns in fashion retail distribution: implications for firm results

Mollá‐Descals¹,

Frasquet²,

Ruiz‐Molina³

2011

The Service Industries Journal

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Fashion retailers have been intensively involved in internationalization processes, leading to an upsurge of some global fashion brands. Notwithstanding, internationalization processes may differ across retailers and also their results in their overseas ventures. This paper aims at shedding additional light on fashion retail internationalization, proposing two objectives: first, it aims at identifying several internationalization patterns in fashion retailing. Second, after identifying several retailer profiles, we test for significant differences in their financial results. With chi-square automatic interaction detection analysis, we identify four groups of retailers whose internationalization patterns, as well as their profits, cash flows and solvency ratios differ significantly. Therefore, internationalization does not always guarantee a good performance for fashion retailers.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Internationalization patterns in fashion retail distribution: implications for firm results

Mollá‐Descals¹,

Frasquet²,

Ruiz‐Molina³

2011

The Service Industries Journal

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“…The first trend describes the rising power of dominating retail chains, whereas the second one indicates the declining number of independent small retail enterprises and outlets (Colla, 2004;González-Benito, 2001). These trends are reflected in the competition between (retail) store formats where a shift of market share from small sized store formats (<400m 2 ; i.e.…”

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Store format choice and shopping trip types

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Teller

2009

International Journal of Retail &Amp; Distribution Management

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Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to identify store format attributes that impact on store format choice when consumers conduct fill-in or major trips to buy groceries. By doing so, we take into consideration that consumers patronise multiple (store-based) formats depending on the shopping situation operationalised by the type of shopping trip.Design/methodology/approach: The paper adopts the conceptual framework of random utility theory via application of a multinomial logit modelling framework. The analysis is based on a survey of 408 consumers representing households in a clearly defined central European retail area. Findings:The results reveal a considerable moderating effect of the shopping situation on the relationship between perceived store format attributes and store format choice.Consumers' utilities are significantly higher for discount stores and hypermarkets when conducting major trips. To the contrary, supermarkets are preferred for fill-in trips in the focused retail market. Merchandise-related attributes of store formats have a higher impact on the utility formation regarding major-trips, whereas service-and convenience-related attributes do so regarding fill-in trips. Research limitations:The findings can only be generalised to retail markets having similar characteristics like the one under study. It is highly concentrated, contains considerable share of small size retail stores, it is urban and has clear cut boundaries due to its geographical location.Originality/value: This paper considers the fact that consumers patronise multiple store formats and investigates the moderating effect of the shopping situation -operationalised by different types of shopping trips -on store format choice.

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“…These include: diversification (Keep, Hollander, & Calantone, 1996;Pellegrini, 1994); format development (Colla, 2004); and internationalisation (Burt, Dawson, & Sparks, 2003;Pederzoli, 2006;Pellegrini, 1994;Wrigley & Currah, 2003). However, there has been only one comprehensive review of the creation and maintenance of competitive advantage at a generic level in the specific area of apparel retailing.…”

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A conceptual model of diversification in apparel retailing: the case of Next plc

Wigley

2011

Journal of the Textile Institute

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This paper examines the nature of diversification within a successful UK apparel retailer, illustrating the competitive advantages which may be accrued as a consequence. Analysis of the Next business model and its corporate development suggests that diversification of brand, product, channel, format, foreign market and business support variables concentric to the core brand management competency of the company may be successful in creating sustainable competitive advantage for an apparel retailer. The paper proposes a conceptual model for the diversification of an apparel retailer, demonstrating hypothetical factors which may be used in the diversification of an apparel retail business in contemporary markets.

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The Outlook for European Grocery Retailing: Competition and Format Development

Cited by 47 publications

References 16 publications

Internationalization patterns in fashion retail distribution: implications for firm results

Internationalization patterns in fashion retail distribution: implications for firm results

Store format choice and shopping trip types

A conceptual model of diversification in apparel retailing: the case of Next plc

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