Global Strategies in Retailing

John Dawson is Emeritus Professor at the Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling, both in the UK. He has been researching issues in international retailing over the last 20 years and has supervised a number of doctoral students in the area. His recent visiting positions include Visiting Researcher at the University of Valencia, Spain and Distinguished Professor at UMDS, Japan. He has been author or editor of over 20 books and is the founding co-editor of International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer ResearchMasao Mukoyama is Professor of Retailing at the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Japan. He has published many papers on international retailing, including ‘Toward the Emergence of Pure Global’ (in Japanese), and is one of pioneers in international retailing research in Asia.

• Introduction 1. Recent Developments in Retail Internationalization 2. Building International Strategy with Formats and Formulae 3. Global Portfolio Strategy as a New Strategic Paradigm 4. Nitori: From Local Furniture Store to Largest Home Furnishing Chain in Japan 5. President Chain Store Corporation: Globalization through Business Diversification 6. Lotte Shopping: Transforming a Korean Retailer towards being Global 7. IKEA: The Making of a Global Giant 8. MUJI: The Evolution of a Local Private Label to a Global Retailer 9. The Delhaize Group: Internationalizing the Supermarket on Three Continents 10. The Metro Group: Internationalizing the Cash and Carry Format 11. Future Directions of Retailer Internationalization