Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1912. / Cover title. P. [279]-290 reprinted from the Amercan economic review of June, 1915; p. 291-295, additional matter, although paged continuously with the reprint.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-109).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Freiburg in der Schweiz.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1929. / Bibliography: p. 132-134.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-257).

Thesis--Münster. / Bibliography: p. 115-125.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Most marketers and retailers agree that the location of a particular retail outlet may be instrumental in that outlet’s sales and profits. One of the proposed solutions to this problem of retail store location is Huff's gravity model. Using Huff's gravity model as a structural guide, the major purpose of this thesis is to analyse consumer patronage behaviour within an urban grocery system so as to assist the retail grocery store location analyst. The analysis centers around those consumer patronage behaviour variables suggested by the author as being important in the consumer's decision to patronize a retail grocery outlet. The analysis will also serve as a guide to retail grocery location analysis in specific and to the possible effects of particular consumer patronage behaviour variables on retail outlets in general. Relationships are tested using simple and multiple regression analyses and t-test analysis on data collected on all grocery stores in the Lower Mainland Area of Vancouver, British Columbia. Some of the more important findings are: 1) neither the number of customer checkouts nor the number of parking spaces provided can be employed to predict sales per square foot of supermarket selling area. 2) a discount price policy will not yield greater mean sales per square foot of supermarket selling area than a retail price policy. 3) in general a combination of good internal and external appearances yields greater mean sales per square foot of supermarket selling area than a combination of low internal and external appearances. 4) in general the addition of internal and/or external facilities yields greater mean sales per square foot of supermarket selling area than those encountered before the addition or additions of such facilities. The study also indicates that in some specific cases supermarket size should be accounted for in the analysis. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the possibility of creating and maintaining a database in the public domain. The concepts considered, relate to general computerized storage of consumer goods information, allowing dissemination of this information to the public. The focus however, is on a Consumer Information System (CIS) in the grocery industry, with emphasis on price data. The major topics discussed include the advent of the Universal Product Code, the subsequent introduction of automated checkout and scanning systems in supermarkets, interest groups involved, one possible design of the CIS, and the feasibility of such a system. The system is designed to meet a minimum set of objectives of the interest groups. Based on the analysis, the development of a CIS is feasible, subject to the mutual cooperation of the interest groups involved. Suggestions are made with regard to the practical implementation of the ideas generated. Future implications and possible research constitute the final sections of the thesis. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

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