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British co-operative societies as retail innovators: Interpreting the early stages of the self-service revolution

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  • Gareth Shaw
  • Andrew Alexander

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This article examines the early stages of the self-service and supermarket innovations in post-war Britain. It does so in the context of co-operative retailers and in particular investigates both why such organizations were pre-eminent in the adoption of self-service as well as how they interpreted the innovation. These ideas are framed within a more general discussion of the 'models' of retail innovation and especially the notion of format innovations.

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  • Gareth Shaw & Andrew Alexander, 2008. "British co-operative societies as retail innovators: Interpreting the early stages of the self-service revolution," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(1), pages 62-78.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:50:y:2008:i:1:p:62-78
    DOI: 10.1080/00076790701785623
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    1. Maixe-Altes, J Carles, 2009. "Interpreting the Early Stages of the Self-service Revolution in Europe: the Modernization of Food Retailing in Spain, 1947-1972," MPRA Paper 18164, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Maixe-Altes, J. Carles & Castro Balaguer, Rafael, 2013. "Structural Change in Distribution Markets in Peripheral Europe: Spanish Food Retailing, 1950-2007," MPRA Paper 49570, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Maixe-Altes, J. Carles, 2008. "Americanización y consumo de masas, la distribución alimentaria en España, 1947-2007 [Americanization and mass consumption, the distribution of food in Spain, 1947 - 2007]," MPRA Paper 14786, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Adrian R Bailey & Gareth Shaw & Andrew Alexander & Dawn Nell, 2010. "Consumer Behaviour and the Life Course: Shopper Reactions to Self-Service Grocery Shops and Supermarkets in England c. 1947–75," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(6), pages 1496-1512, June.

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