This article builds a systematic and reliable site selection prediction model for chain of convenience stores (CVSs) to improve the existing decision method using experienced managers select sites. Specifically, this study used an artificial neural network (ANN) technique—back-propagation (BPN)—to build model. To achieve optimization in executing BPN, Taguchi (TM) was adopted find optimal param...

Spatial competition among multi-store …rms is ubiquitous in a wide range of retail industries. However, little is known about how those …rms optimize their networks of stores after a merger due to the computational burden of solving for an equilibrium in store networks. This paper proposes an empirical framework for estimating a game of network choice by two multi-store …rms, which allows us to...

This paper discusses and empirically evaluates the relevance of shopping-related logistics for consumers of store-based retail formats. Based on a literature review a conceptual model was developed and subsequently tested using a survey of more than six hundred consumers in the grocery retail sector. Respondents were those primarily responsible for grocery shopping in their households located i...

The Glendale, Arizona Police Department received funding in 2009 through the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). The Glendale team employed problem-oriented policing to address crime and disorder at convenience stores throughout the city. The SPI team’s analysis demonstrated that crime was disproportionately occurring at Circle K stores, and that store management pra...

a r t i c l e i n f o Category management (CM) plays an increasingly important role in retailing management, as it aids retailers to increase their core competitiveness, maximise profits and ensure a good long-term customer relationship. This technique has been successfully applied to diverse large manufacturers and wholesale retailers. However, it remains a challenging task to directly employ ...

INTRODUCTION E-cigarette sales continue to increase in the United States. To date, little surveillance research has documented the specific product attributes driving growth. This study uses national market scanner data to describe sales trends in traditional U.S. tobacco retail channels between 2012 and 2013 and identifies product features associated with sales increases. METHODS Data on e-c...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between adolescent perception of time to walk to neighbourhood food retail outlets and purchasing of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), fast and convenience food items, and to test for differences by urban v. suburban environment. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, USA. SUBJECTS Adolescents from ...

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends healthful food choices; however, some geographic areas are limited in the types of foods they offer. Little is known about the role of convenience stores as viable channels to provide healthier foods in our "grab and go" society. The purposes of this study were to (1) identify foods offered within convenience stores located in two Bexar County,...

Little is known about spatial inequalities and potential access to the food environment in rural areas. In this study, we assessed the food environment in a 6-county rural region of Texas (11,567 km2) through ground-truthed methods that included direct observation and on-site Global Positioning System technology to examine the relationship between neighborhood inequalities (e.g., socioeconomic ...