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Managing the Retail Supply Chain
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Managing the Retail Supply Chain

by James Topps, Glenn Taylor
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 41m
English
Kogan Page
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Supermarket and food retail

Overview of the supermarket sector today

Supermarkets are the giants of retailing. The ‘big four’ (Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons) are all multi-billion pound retailers and their influence extends past the boundaries of just retail. They are important businesses for the UK economy. They each employ hundreds of thousands of colleagues across the whole of the UK. Traditionally the ‘big four’ had a relatively easy existence, chasing space and trying to rapidly expand their store estates. Some competitors came and went and the niche retailers never threatened to take their precious market share. Discounters were seen as poor quality and a compromise most customers wouldn’t make, high-end supermarkets were viewed ...

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