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

Gareth Shaw and Andrew Alexander

Business History, 2008, vol. 50, issue 1, 62-78

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: self-service; supermarket; co-operative societies; retail innovation; post-war Britain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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