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 Review 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 Review 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.