The distribution of consumer goods: structure and performance / T. S. Ward.

List of tables and figures, viii -- Preface, xi -- General introduction, 1 -- Part I. productivity growth and structural change in retailing, 3 -- I. Introduction and methodology, 3 -- II. The national picture productivity growth in retailing, 1954 to 1970, 16 -- III. The national picture changes within the retail sector, 1957 to 1966, 36 -- IV. Town analysis introduction, 54 -- V. Labour productivity 1961 and 1966 the effect of size structure and income, 62 -- VI. Labour productivity 1961 and 1966 the effect of labour market conditions and the structure of employment, 75 -- VII. Changes in labour productivity 1961 to 1966 the growth of sales, sales per shop and income, 90 -- VIII. Changes in labour productivy, 1961 to 1966 the influence of laour market conditions, 105 -- IX. An explanation of productivity growth, 114 -- X. Summary and conclusions, 131 -- Part II. Recent changes in the distributive process -- XI. Introduction, 135 -- XII. The structure of manufacturing and retailing, 143 -- XIII. Wholesalers and the pattern of distribution, 155 -- XIV. Distributive margins, 164 -- XV. Structural changes in manufacturing and retailing, R.P.M. and S.E.T., 177 -- XVI. Changes in retail princes and distributive margins, 193 -- XVII. Changes in the pattern of distribution since 1965 -- XVIII. General conclusions, 232.