Introduction
The retail industry is changing all over the world at a fast pace. Internationalization, consolidation and intensive price competition, especially driven by different value retailing formats, have defined new benchmarks for competition. On the other hand, premium retailing and local initiatives are also gaining share. New, increasingly heterogenous consumer and product trends constantly set new requirements for retailers, sustainability being a major theme for both retailers and manufacturers. As convergence continues new entrants enter retailing, and many retailers also expand to new business areas such as banking, insurance, healthcare, mobile telecommunications and travel. Online retailing gains share in many categories, and ...
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