Smart mirror fashion technology for the retail chain transformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 121118
Author(s):  
Ayotunde Ogunjimi ◽  
Mizan Rahman ◽  
Nazrul Islam ◽  
Rajibul Hasan
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thu Ha ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen

The retail market in Vietnam continues to grow with the entry of foreign retail brands and the strong rise of domestic businesses in expanding distribution networks and conquering consumer confidence. The appearance of more retail brands has created a fiercely competitive market. Based on the outcomes of previous research results on brand choice intention combined with a customer survey, the paper proposes an analytical framework and scales to examine the relationship of five elements including store image, price perception, risk perception, brand attitudes, brand awareness and retail brand choice intention with a case study of the Hanoi-based Circle K convenience store chain. These five elements are the precondition for retail businesses to develop their brands so as to attract customers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Deller ◽  
Tatiana Sandino

ABSTRACT We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit's circumstances. Our research site, a U.S. retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by business unit managers—in our case, store managers) to centralized hiring (in this study, by the head office). While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in hiring people aligned with company values, it can also neglect the unit managers' local knowledge. Using difference-in-differences analyses, we find that the switch is associated with relatively higher employee departure rates and, thus, poorer matches if the business unit manager has a local advantage; that is, if the store serves repeat customers, serves a demographically atypical market, or poses higher information-gathering costs for headquarters. In these cases, the unit manager may be more informed than headquarters about which candidates best match local conditions. Data Availability: The analyses presented in this study are based on data shared by a U.S. retail company. The data are confidential, according to a nondisclosure agreement between the company and the authors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Anna Dewalska-Opitek ◽  
Katarzyna Bilińska-Reformat

The current pandemic situation has created many challenges for maintaining positive relationships between fast fashion retailers and their suppliers. In the proposed paper it is assumed that strong and ethical relationships may be beneficial for all supply chain members, especially in the era of global pandemic. Therefore, the aforementioned issues (fast fashion retailers’ ethical behavior towards suppliers) constituted the subject of the paper. Our knowledge about relationships between fast retail chains and their suppliers in the times of global pandemic is relatively week. Trying to fill the gap, this paper discussed relationships between fast fashion retail chains and their suppliers’ customers on the basis of literature review and case study research. Purpose: The aim of the paper was to indicate the scope of activities undertaken by retailers and addressed at suppliers by fast fashion retail chains in pandemic times. The following goals of descriptive and cognitive character were assumed in the paper: (a) Identification of the fast fashion retailers’ common behavior in the era of pandemic, and (b) indication of ethical practices applied by fast fashion retail chains which are beneficial for all retail chain members, based on the Inditex example. Methodology: Based on the theoretic deliberation of retail chain relationships with suppliers in the pandemic times, qualitative research was conducted to supplement the theoretical background. The purpose of this study was to identify how fast fashion retailers maintain relationships with their suppliers in supply chains. The conducted research enabled us to reveal answers to the following research questions: What are good practices of fast fashion retailers in terms of relationships with suppliers? Can socially responsible, trustworthy fast fashion retailers stay profitable in the Covid-19 pandemic? The theoretical deliberation was based on a critical literature review. The empirical part of the paper was based on case study research. The conducted research was descriptive in nature, conducted in order to describe a particular phenomenon within its context, and was not intended to provide conclusive evidence, but to have a better understanding of the problem. A descriptive intrinsic case study was the method applied in the research. Results: On the grounds of literature studies, as well as collected information, we can state that close and ethical cooperation with suppliers, based on socially responsible relationships, are becoming a more and more important part of the strategy for commercial chains. There are companies that use any legal measures to not fulfil their obligations as contractors and avoid paying for orders completed and in production. The descriptive case study research allowed us to observe, analyze, and report good practices of fast fashion retailers in terms of relationships with their suppliers based on the Inditex example. The theoretical contribution: On the grounds of the case study, we can state that during pandemic times fast fashion retail chains have focused on the development of relationships with suppliers, which means changing from transactional to relationship marketing in cooperation strategies. Practical implications (if applicable): The paper provided intellectual input into the managerial problem of how to develop mutual beneficiary relationships between fast retail chains and their suppliers. The study suggests that fast fashion retail chains have to take into consideration growing customer expectations, which regard their cooperation’s strategies toward suppliers.


Author(s):  
Н.А. БЕРЕЗИНА ◽  
А.В. АРТЕМОВ ◽  
И.А. НИКИТИН

Представлен комплексный подход к оптимизации состава мучной поликомпонентной смеси для ржано-пшеничных хлебобулочных изделий, учитывающий химический состав и технологические свойства пищевых ингредиентов смеси, а также их влияние на основной технологически формирующий компонент – ржано-пшеничную муку. Проектирование состава поликомпонентных смесей осуществляли с помощью разработанной ранее программы. Было сгенерировано более 20 образцов модельных мучных смесей, из которых отобрано 4 образца с показателями биологической ценности не менее 70% для приготовления хлебобулочных изделий. Приготовление осуществляли ускоренным способом с использованием подкислителя «Лезизауэр», прессованных дрожжей и соли в количестве, % от массы смеси, 2,0; 2,2 и 1,5 соответственно. Воду вносили по расчету с учетом массовой доли влаги ингредиентов. Продолжительность брожения составляла 60–70 мин, расстойки – 35–40 мин. Изделия выпекали при (200 ± 10)ºС до температуры внутри мякиша 97–98ºС. В качестве контроля был приобретенный в торговой сети хлеб ржано-пшеничный «Спасский», выпеченный АО «Орловский хлебокомбинат». Установлено, что выпеченные образцы ржано-пшеничного хлеба из разработанных мучных поликомпонентых смесей имеют сбалансированный состав белков, жиров и углеводов – 1,0 : 0,8 : 3,9–4,8 соответственно и кальция, фосфора и магния – 1,0 : 0,5–0,6 : 1,2–1,5 соответственно. По сравнению с хлебом ржано-пшеничным «Спасский» в хлебобулочных изделиях из мучных поликомпонентных смесей повысилось содержание белка и липидов соответственно на 0,8–2,3 и 2,7–3,5%, количество углеводов снизилось на 5,5–7,2%, увеличилось количество клетчатки в 4,5–5,5 раза, кальция в 5,5–7,5 раза, фосфора в 1,5–1,6 раза, магния в 1,1–1,2 раза. Биологическая ценность разработанных хлебобулочных изделий повысилась на 7,9–18,4% в сравнении с контрольным образцом. A comprehensive approach to optimizing the composition of a multi-component flour mixture for rye-wheat bakery products, taking into account the chemical composition and technological properties of the food ingredients of the mixture, as well as their influence on the main technologically forming component – rye-wheat flour, is presented. The design of the composition of multicomponent mixtures was carried out using a previously developed program. More than 20 samples of model flour mixtures were generated, of which 4 samples with indicators of biological value of at least 70% were selected for the preparation of bakery products. Preparation was carried out by an accelerated method using the acidifier «Lezisauer», compressed yeast and salt in an amount, % of the mass of the mixture, 2,0; 2,2 and 1,5 respectively. Water is added according to the calculation taking into account the mass fraction of moisture of the ingredients. The duration of fermentation was 60–70 minutes, proofing – 35–40 minutes. The products were baked at (200 ± 10)°C to the temperature inside the crumb 97–98°C. The rye-wheat bread «Spassky» purchased in the retail chain was used as a control. It was found that the baked samples of rye-wheat bread from the developed multi-component flour mixtures have a balanced composition of proteins, fats and carbohydrates – 1,0 : 0,8 : 3,9–4,8 respectively and calcium, phosphorus and magnesium – 1,0 : 0,5–0,6 : 1,2–1,5 accordingly. Compared with rye-wheat bread «Spassky» in bakery products made from flour multicomponent mixtures, the content of protein and lipids increased respectively by 0,8–2,3 and 2,7–3,5%, the amount of carbohydrates decreased by 5,5–7,2%, the amount of fiber increased by 4,5–5,5 times, calcium by 5,5–7,5 times, phosphorus by 1,5–1,6 times, magnesium by 1,1–1,2 times. The biological value of the developed bakery products increased by 7,9–18,4% in comparison with the control sample.


2011 ◽  
Vol 139 (12) ◽  
pp. 1936-1944 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. BOXALL ◽  
G. K. ADAK ◽  
E. DE PINNA ◽  
I. A. GILLESPIE

SUMMARYIn March 2008, the Health Protection Agency in England conducted a retrospective case-control study to investigate the cause of 179 cases of the newly recognized, fully antimicrobial-sensitive Salmonella Typhimurium PT U320. Forty-three symptomatic laboratory-confirmed case-patients and 84 asymptomatic location-matched controls were interviewed by telephone about exposures in the 3 days prior to illness or interview. Multivariate logistic analysis indicated consumption of pre-packaged egg sandwiches (odds ratio 3·29, 95% confidence interval 1·19–9·09) was independently associated with illness. Eight of the 15 case-patients who consumed egg sandwiches did so from retail chain A (53·3%) whereas none of the eight controls consumed similar sandwiches (χ2=7·20, P⩽0·01). A review of the pre-packaged egg sandwich ingredients suggested this outbreak was probably caused by exposure to an ingredient common to pre-packaged sandwiches and prepared salads but we established a definitive epidemiological link with only the former. Short shelf-life, product diversity and investigation lag hinder epidemiological investigations of such popular products, providing continued challenges for food safety enforcement of freshly prepared produce.


2018 ◽  
pp. 178-209
Author(s):  
Shane Hamilton

This chapter discusses how U.S. transnational agribusiness corporations demonstrated U.S. farm and food power to the world from the 1960s into the 1980s. In earlier decades of the Farms Race, U.S. farmers were called upon to feed the hungry world as a counter-revolutionary project with a humanitarian veneer. By the late 1970s, politicians and businessmen were increasingly declaring their intent to rewrite the rules of global food production and trade on entirely profit-driven terms. Building on Cold War-inspired modernization and development projects initiated in the 1940s–1960s, U.S.-based transnational agribusinesses in the 1970s–1990s—including the International Basic Economy Corporation (IBEC), the former linseed-oil manufacturer turned global commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland, and the Ozarks-based retail chain Walmart—constructed a world in which private corporations, including supermarkets, emerged as the primary institutional mechanisms for regulating and coordinating global food chains.


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