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Document ID (ISN)54432
CIS number 90-1592
Year 1985
Convention or series no. EF/85/17
Author(s) McGann B., Coldrick A.
Title New technology in supermarkets - Ireland
Bibliographic information European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Loughlinstown House, Shankill, Co. Dublin, Ireland, 1985. 84p. Price: BEF 300; IEP 4.90; GBP 4.50.
Abstract This report presents the results of the research organised by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions on the effects of technological development in supermarkets in Ireland. Contents: general background information on supermarket development in Ireland; the present situation; supermarket management and new technology; supermarket staff and new technology; the customer (shopping habits, attitudes towards supermarkets and technology, urban-rural differences, future trends); conclusions. The publication also includes the comments of the social partners and the government representatives from the Colloquium on the Impact of Technological Development on Supermarkets, held in Dublin 27-28 September 1984.
Descriptors (primary) Ireland; technical development; conditions of work; supermarkets
Descriptors (secondary) work organization; report; history; retail trade; computers
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Browse category(ies) Retail industry