Innovation and Dynamics in Japanese Retailing From Techniques to Formats to Systems

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ISBN: 9781403911285 | 1403911282
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Copyright: 11/29/2003

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Japanese retailing has long been regarded as traditional or even backwards when in reality it has constantly demonstrated its innovation and dynamism.This book highlights these developments by looking at: innovations and underlying driving forces; responses of Japanese retailers to deregulation; increasing competition; changes in consumer behavior; and internationalization during the 1990s. All of these factors are analyzed through a thorough investigation of innovative activity from the 1950s onwards.

List of Tables

vii

List of Figures

Preface and Acknowledgements

Part I Introduction

1 Innovation and Dynamics in Retailing

(14)

Half a century of innovation and dynamics in Japanese retailing

(2)

Approaches to innovation and dynamics in retailing

(8)

Structure and sources

(4)

Part II From Techniques to Formats (1950's-80's)

2 New Techniques and the Emergence of the General Superstore (1950's and 1960's)

(24)

Not starting from scratch: department stores and other earlier innovations

(3)

From new techniques to a dominating format

(7)

Entrepreneurs with a mission adopting new retail techniques

(5)

Formation of responsive consumer markets

(3)

Conflict and harmony in procurement markets

(3)

Retail competition in a period of growth

(3)

3 Retail Policy: A Law for Large Stores

(15)

The Large Store Law

(1)

The political economy of the Large Store Law

(5)

Implementation and functioning of the Large Store Law

(8)

4 Diversification of Retail Formats

(43)

General merchandisers: growth, diversification and denial

(13)

Food superstores: finally establishing the right format

(6)

Discount stores and home centres: developing new locations

(6)

Convenience stores: from uncertain beginnings to the flagship format of Japanese retailing

(18)

Part III Development of Systems (1990's)

5 The 1990's: A Radically Different Environment

(16)

Consumer behaviour in a stagnating economy

101

(7)

Deregulation and liberalization

108

(7)

6 Changes in Retail Formats in a Deregulated Environment: A Case Study

115

(30)

Development of retail formats

115

(4)

Retail development in a suburban area of Tokyo

119

(26)

7 Newcomers in Japanese Retailing

145

(20)

Examples of retail success during the 1990's

146

(12)

Success factors and a different corporate environment

158

(7)

8 Failure and Reorganization of the Mass Merchandising Sector

165

(23)

Crumbling empires

166

(10)

Reorganization of mass merchandising

176

(12)

9 Building Supply Chains

188

(23)

Patterns of stability and change in Japanese distribution channels

188

(7)

Recognizing the need to change

195

(3)

Changing strategies by manufacturers and wholesalers

198

(7)

Strategies by the retail sector

205

(6)

10 Convenience Stores and the Organization of E-Commerce

211

(18)

Examples of e-commerce initiatives by convenience stores

212

(5)

Too good to resist: factors behind the drive into e-commerce

217

(4)

Different patterns and objectives of e-commerce initiatives

221

(4)

The difficult road to success

225

Part IV Conclusions

11 Half a Century of Dynamics in Japanese Retailing

229

(11)

References

240

(18)

Index

258

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