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This book highlights the major institutional changes in the development of the Japanese retail industry after the bubble economy. The Japanese retail structure has been transformed from an abundance of small retail stores to chain stores by notable institutional changes with continuous variations in the post-1990s. It provides an insight into the impact of retail density on the household economy in the stagnant economy of Japan. The issues highlighted in this book include the background of the advent of 100-yen retail stores and strategic approach of the stores during the stagnant economy, a comparative analysis of Japanese 100-yen shops and dollar stores in United States, employment compliance of 100-yen shops and dollar stores in developing countries, factors that contributed to change the Japanese distribution channels after the 1990s, and determinants of retail density in Japan. The stagnant economy in the post-bubble period, along with changes in the large-scale retail store law, led consumers to shift from the most popular department stores to supermarkets and the cheapest retail alternatives. With its recent data and theories, this research work will be of interest to business and economics students and researchers in Japanese retailing and relevant areas.

グローバル化し，競争が激化する中でも，なぜ日本の食品小売市場でグローバル小売企業は苦戦を強いられるのか。日本の食品スーパーがもつ地域多様性と現場の組織能力による強みを浮き彫りにし，今後の小売構造の行く末を指し示す力作。方法論の解説も充実。

小売企業が力をもってきている現象を指す流通パワーシフトについて，初めて本格的にその姿を検証する待望作。小売企業がいかに仕入先との関係を構築・管理し，組織体制を強化しているかを解明して，その基盤強化が小売企業へのパワーシフトを促している実態を追究する。

章の冒頭にケースを用意し，実感をもって理解できるように工夫して，複雑でとらえにくい流通をいきいきと楽しく学べる入門テキストの決定版。主要テーマである小売業を丁寧に説明した上で，PBやサービスなど最新テーマを取り上げ，類書にない新たな魅力を盛り込む。

Japanese retailing has long been regarded as traditional or even backwards, when in reality it has constantly demonstrated its innovativeness and dynamism. This book highlights these developments by looking at: innovations and underlying driving forces; responses of Japanese retailers to deregulation; increasing competition; changes in consumer behaviour; and internationalization during the 1990s. All of these factors are analyzed through a thorough investigation of innovative activity from the 1950s onwards.

This book examines employment structure, working practice and recruitment strategies in Japanese retail in the 1990s through a case-study of one large chain store. Issues focused on include gender in the workplace, changing notions of corporate community and the impact of Japan's recent recession. In particular the research presented here challenges the view of part-time female staff as peripheral to the workforce and asks whether a rethink of the Japanese employment system is now overdue.