Format development and retail change

Supermarket retailing and the London Co-operative Society

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8419635
AutoresAndrew W Alexander (0000-0002-9698-9399, University of Surrey, autor correspondente), Andrew Alexander (0000-0002-0523-9956, University of Surrey)
Ano2008
Volume50
Fascículo4
Páginas489-508
Data de publicação2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076790802106679
OpenAlexW1986513569
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas17

This article argues that students of retail history need to give more attention to the idea of the retail format. Employing a conceptualisation of the format recently presented in contemporary retail studies, it reveals the importance of so-called ‘offering’ and ‘know-how’ components to a fuller understanding of the development of the supermarket format in post-war Britain. Supermarket development is shown to be affected by, and itself impact on, a complex interplay of factors. Arguments presented in the article are supported by a detailed examination of supermarket development at the London Co-operative Society between 1960 and 1965. The paper thus also contributes to our knowledge of the history of co-operative retailing in the post-war period

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