History of Korean modern retailing : repressed consumption and retail industry, perceived equality and economic growth /

In History of Korean Modern Retailing Jong-Hyun Yi shows how the Korean retail industry has developed since the 1970s, focusing on the relationship among government, consumers and retail companies, especially the department store. While generally it is said that underdevelopment of the Korean retail...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yi, Jong-Hyun (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2015.
Temas:
Retail trade > Korea (South) > History.
Department stores > Korea (South) > History.
Economic development > Korea (South) > History.
Social stratification > Korea (South) > History.
Commerce de détail > Corée du Sud > Histoire.
Grands magasins > Corée du Sud > Histoire.
Développement économique > Corée du Sud > Histoire.
Stratification sociale > Corée du Sud > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
Department stores.
Economic development.
Retail trade.
Social stratification.
Korea (South)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Laws and regulations of the retail industry
  • Note on romanisation
  • Theories and framework
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Theoretical framework
  • Hypotheses
  • Data and methodology
  • Backward, unstratified retail industry and rapid economic growth in the 1970s
  • Overview of rapid economic growth in the 1970s
  • Backwardness of the retail industry in the 1970s
  • Consumption repression, frugal consumers and passive retail industry in rapid economic growth in the 1970s
  • Collective behaviour of frugal consumers in the 1970s
  • The limitation of department stores
  • Modernising, stratifying retail industry and rapid economic growth since the 1980s: the golden age of the department store industry I
  • The state of inequality since the 1980s
  • Stratifying retail industry in expansion of the retail industry : modern department store vs. traditional market
  • Consumption liberalisation, aggressive consumers and active retail industry in rapid economic growth since the 1980s
  • The change of the political environment
  • The beginning and the expansion of consumer finance
  • Emergence of mass consumption
  • The change of strategy by the department store industry
  • The stratified retail industry and the sign of relatively low economic growth since the middle of the 1990s : the golden age of the department store industry II
  • The financial crisis and lower economic growth since the mid-1990s
  • The aggravation of inequality and the shrinking of consumption
  • Return of the department stores to luxury goods with the stratification of the retail industry
  • Distinctive evolution of Korean retailing : theoretical consideration and contemporary developments
  • The short heyday of the department store
  • The limitation of the conflict theory in the korean retail industry
  • The different trajectory of retail evolution : the Korean-style discount store format
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: Korean retailing since the 2000s
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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