Examines the role of accounting calculations in reorganizing manufacturing capabilities of a vertically integrated global retailing company. Introducing teamwork to replace line work extended traditional, hierarchical management control systems. Teamwork's self-managing demands contravened workers' established sense of self-identity as…

A study of 754 retail management students developed a value-based model of career attitude and expected choice behavior. Findings indicate that personal values had an influence on all aspects of retail career attitudes, which then had a direct effect on expected choice behavior. (Contains 55 references.) (Author/JOW)

The last decade has witnessed a dramatic rise in global trade in food and agricultural products. While much analysis has focused on the role of the world Trade Organization (WTO) in this process, we argue that other forms of regulation are of far greater consequence. In this paper, we examine changes in the agrifood system made possible by the…

In a College Composition II (ENG 112) class offered during the spring of 2005 at John Tyler Community College (JTCC), the author implemented an information-literacy curriculum whose salient features include: students collaborated on a semester-long, original-research project. The Metro Richmond Supermarket Price Comparison provided a focused,…

By creating a sense of familiarity with tobacco, cigarette advertising and bold packaging displays in stores where children often visit may help to pre-dispose them to smoking. A total of 605 ninth-grade students were randomly allocated to view a photograph of a typical convenience store point-of-sale which had been digitally manipulated to show…

The participants in this 1994 regional training course examined the issue of book distribution and marketing. They focused on book marketing together with the development of distribution in order to prepare practical action plans for improvement. Twenty-three experts from 20 countries in Asia/Pacific and Africa analyzed problems, exchanged…

Discusses basic principles of business, education, marketing, retail operation, bookshops, merchandising, display, selling, and success and their application to college bookstores. (JT)

The author, president of the S. S. Kresge Company, advocates the opportunities and challenges of careers in retailing. Improving communications between the field of marketing and distributive education will be important in preparing future retailers or distribution managers for the constant change and intense competition of the business world. (EA)

The Distributive Industry Training Board (DITB) is tackling the training problems of small firms in many ways. A Distributive Training Award provides the industry with a firm training standard at which to aim. Audio-visual aids and publications are new training aids also reported. (MW)

Directed towards designers of vocational education training programs, the document presents statistical data and discussion concerning employment trends in Indiana for various industries in the wholesale and retail trade sector. Data are based on a survey conducted in 1973-74, covering 5,986 establishments and 202,070 employees, with a usable…

Guidelines are offered in this manual to college store merchandisers for displays, uses of physical space, and promotion of special goods. (LBH)

Suggestions for economical and effective lighting that will contribute to overall productivity are offered by a vice-president of Bloomingdale's. (LBH)

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has changed its policy, for college bookstores only, to process textbook orders immediately and later send out an invoice. Procedures important to making the new system work (proper forms to use, essential order information, and stock sources) are outlined, and a list of GPO bookstores is included. (MSE)

Because of real estate tax problems, most college stores are unable to advertise off campus, but at the University of Rochester the public relations department periodically prepares a news release that centers around the bookstore. Another public relations tool, a pamphlet with rules, procedures, and operational information, is reprinted. (MLW)