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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Concepts in Retail Logistics and Supply Chain Management | |
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| Retail logistics: changes and challenges | |
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| The logistics task | |
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| Retail logistics and supply chain transformation | |
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| Supply chain management | |
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| The grocery retail supply chain in the United Kingdom | |
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| Supply chain challenges | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Relationships in the supply chain | |
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| Quick Response | |
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| Efficient Consumer Response | |
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| The role of logistics service providers | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The internationalization of the retail supply chain | |
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| International sourcing | |
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| Differences in distribution 'culture' in international markets | |
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| The internationalization of logistics practices | |
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| Non-Food (Fashion) Logistics | |
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| Market orientation and supply chain management in the fashion industry | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Market orientation approach and supply chain management - a focal point | |
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| Market orientation approach and supply chain management - the reality | |
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| The role of imitation and innovation in the fashion business | |
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| Conclusion and the research agenda for future studies | |
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| Fashion logistics and quick response | |
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| Managing the fashion logistics pipeline | |
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| The lead-time gap | |
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| Quick response strategies | |
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| Global sourcing and QR | |
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| The importance of agility | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Agile merchandizing in the European textile fashion industry | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Global sourcing challenges | |
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| Fashion merchandizing | |
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| The agile supply network | |
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| Agile merchandizing | |
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| Future developments | |
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| Food Logistics | |
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| Tesco's supply chain management | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The changing Tesco supply chain: establishing control and delivering efficiency | |
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| The current network | |
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| Other initiatives: the environment | |
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| Conclusions and lessons | |
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| Temperature controlled supply chains | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What is a temperature controlled supply chain? | |
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| The importance of temperature controlled supply chains | |
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| Changes in temperature controlled supply chains | |
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| Issues in temperature controlled supply chains | |
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| Future developments and constraints | |
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| On-shelf availability in UK grocery retailing: a case study | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Literature background | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Findings | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Emerging Issues: Technology and Environmental Logistics | |
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| The development of e-tail logistics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The growth of e-commerce | |
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| The grocery market | |
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| The logistical challenges | |
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| Definition of the home delivery channel | |
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| Environmental impact of online retail logistics | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| RFID: transforming technology? | |
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| RFID: initial hype and reality | |
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| RFID: more measured consideration? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The greening of retail logistics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Environmental effects of retail logistics | |
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| Framework for analysing the environmental impact of retail deliveries | |
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| Managing waste within the retail supply chain | |
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| Topical issues | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Index | |