a column by Hakan Yilmazkuday for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
During the Global Crisis, international trade decreased more than overall economic activity, despite standard trade models predicting a one-to-one relationship. This ‘Great Trade Collapse’ has been investigated extensively in the literature, resulting in alternative competing explanations.
This column evaluates the contribution of each story using data from the US. The results show that retail inventories have contributed the most to the collapse and the corresponding recovery, followed by protectionist policies, intermediate-input trade, and trade finance. Productivity and demand shocks have played negligible roles.
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Showing posts with label retail. Show all posts
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Friday, 9 February 2018
How the barcode changed retailing
a column by Emek Basker and Timothy S. Simcoe for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
ICT fuelled rapid growth in US retail during the 1990s and 2000s. This column maps the adoption of universal product codes and scanners to show that the barcode was one of the main drivers of this growth. Companies adopting barcodes employed 10% more employees, delivered a wider range of products, and were more likely to procure from abroad.
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ICT fuelled rapid growth in US retail during the 1990s and 2000s. This column maps the adoption of universal product codes and scanners to show that the barcode was one of the main drivers of this growth. Companies adopting barcodes employed 10% more employees, delivered a wider range of products, and were more likely to procure from abroad.
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Monday, 20 August 2012
The demands and challenges of being a retail store manager: ‘Handcuffed to the front doors’
an article by Andrew Smith (University of Bradford) and Fiona Elliott (RetailCom) published in Work Employment & Society Volume 26 Number 4 (August 2012)
Abstract
This article presents a vivid account of the day-to-day reality of a female manager in a busy UK city centre food retail store.
Insights into some of the transformations in retail work are illuminated, namely restricted store budgets, lean staffing and a long-hours culture.
The combination of these factors has resulted in increasing workplace demands and time pressures, with health and well-being consequences.
This unique account enhances understandings of the twin challenges for managers in attempting to accommodate work-life balance for their staff and themselves personally. Despite these workplace pressures, the narrative is peppered with instances of practical and emotional concern and support.
Abstract
This article presents a vivid account of the day-to-day reality of a female manager in a busy UK city centre food retail store.
Insights into some of the transformations in retail work are illuminated, namely restricted store budgets, lean staffing and a long-hours culture.
The combination of these factors has resulted in increasing workplace demands and time pressures, with health and well-being consequences.
This unique account enhances understandings of the twin challenges for managers in attempting to accommodate work-life balance for their staff and themselves personally. Despite these workplace pressures, the narrative is peppered with instances of practical and emotional concern and support.
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