Trade structure

• Historical development
• The impact of retail trade on the economy
• Value creation and use of resources in retailing
• General retailing terms
• Retail structure and structural changes
• Business sectors and their development
• Ownership structures
• Chains and different forms of co-operation
• Internationalisation
• Information systems
• Retail trade and the consumer
• Important challenges to retail efficiency

• The relationship between retail trade and the service industry, the community and consumer.
• Insight and understanding about the most important retail-sector links, distribution channels, and ownership structures.
• The student can find, assess and refer to information and technical material and present it so that it highlights a problem.
• The student can master the relevant professional tools, techniques and forms of expression.
• The student has insight into relevant professional and ethical issues
• The student can convey key subject matter such as theories, issues and solutions both in writing, orally and through other relevant means

Lectures and discussions.