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Are Mature Female Consumers Well Served By The Fashion Retail Sector?, Amanda Ratcliffe
Are Mature Female Consumers Well Served By The Fashion Retail Sector?, Amanda Ratcliffe
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The fashion retail sector is going through extremely challenging times with continuing globalisation and the ongoing impact of the recent global recession in many markets. Markets are highly competitive and companies must strive to craft strategies which will deliver competitive advantage. Across the developed and the developing world, populations are ageing. The trend is so marked as to have been termed an ‘Agequake’ by A.T. Kearney, (2011, 1) in terms of its predicted impact on economies, companies and most particularly, retailers. Women aged 50 and over are now one of the most powerful consumer groups in the UK, spending more …
The International Review Of Retail, Distribution And Consumer Research, Edmund O'Callaghan, John Murray Dr.
The International Review Of Retail, Distribution And Consumer Research, Edmund O'Callaghan, John Murray Dr.
Conference proceedings
This special issue of The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research offers a selection of the best papers presented at the 19th International Conference on Research in the Distributive Trades of the European Association for Education and Research in Commercial Distribution (EAERCD). The EAERCD has continued to offer a forum for academic exchange over a 27 year period on both current and emerging issues within the distributive trades and retailing. This year the School of Retail and Services Management, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) hosted the EAERCD conference. The School of Retail & Services Management offers specialist retail …