The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research is concerned with advancing knowledge and understanding about retailing. It provides a forum for the publication of high quality and original research across the field of retailing and distribution. The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research adopts an international perspective that reflects the multi-national nature of the distribution sector and of the paradigm of its study. It is international in scope and content, it publishes articles of a conceptual, theoretical and empirical nature. Quality is maintained by rigorous double-blind review by an international panel of research scholars.

In particular, The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research includes:

• Results of research into strategic and operational applications.
• Analyses and statements of their managerial applications.
• Substantial reviews and critiques of existing knowledge.
• Theoretical, conceptual and empirical analyses of the retail and distribution industries.
• Issues of both national and international character.
• Book reviews, notes and observations.
• Pointers to expanding and new research topics.

All articles are rigorously reviewed double-blind by an international panel of research scholars to ensure that their quality matches the high standards of the journal.

Peer Review Policy
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.