Logistics and Retail Management: Emerging Issues and New Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain, Fourth Edition

The new edition of Logistics and Retail Management has been substantially updated to take account of recent developments in retail logistics. Retailers have recognized the need to have more involvement in supply chains and noted that benefits can be achieved in both service levels and cost reduction. While major strides have been made, numerous challenges remain, and new issues are constantly emerging.

This book brings together research, ideas and experience of current thinking on supply chain management in retail from well-known academics and practitioners in the field.

Reflecting the changing needs of the global marketplace and responding to the challenges faced by retailers, the fourth edition includes new chapters on international fashion supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, and the textile supply chain.

About the Editors

John Fernie is Emeritus Professor of Retail Marketing at Heriot-Watt University, Scotland. He has written and contributed to numerous textbooks and papers on retail management, especially in the field of retail logistics and the internationalization of retail formats. In 2005 he created the George Davies Centre for Retail Excellence with generous financial support from the retail entrepreneur of the same name. Subsequently much of his research has focused upon the fashion sector with work on offshore sourcing, on-shelf availability and luxury branding. He was the editor of the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management from 1989 to 2009 and is on the editorial board of numerous marketing and logistics journals. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport and a member of the Logistics Directors Forum. He holds an Honorary Professorship at St Andrews University and several visiting positions at European universities.

Leigh Sparks is Head of the Stirling Graduate School and Professor of Retail Studies at the Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. Leigh has been previously the Head of the Department of Marketing, the Director of the Institute for Retail Studies and the Dean of the Faculty of Management (1995–2000). In 1989 Leigh was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship for a study of customer service in retailing in the USA and Canada, and has been a Visiting Professor at Florida State University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He is editor of The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, the leading academic journal on retailing in Europe. Leigh is also on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marketing Management, European Journal of Marketing, Service Industries Journal and the Journal of Marketing Channels. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Leigh’s research concentrates on structural and spatial change in retailing, including logistics and supply chain issues. This research has been disseminated widely through a number of books, many reports (including recent reports for the Scottish Government on the Lessons from the Horsemeat Scandal and the National Town Centre Review) and over 130 academic and professional articles. He runs a retail blog at stirlingretail.com.