Valia Aranitou – författare

The retail industry is rapidly changing, especially as technologies advance and digital retail becomes more accessible. This book explains the ongoing poly-transformations within the retail sector, offering insight into labor market changes, real estate challenges, and sustainable development.

Throughout the book, the authors analyze and predict various ways the industry needs to change to ensure longevity and stability. One option the authors explore includes creative ways to approach alternatives to participatory retail, which requires social participation. The authors also provide insight into another approach to this topic: tech platforms. In the book, they explain how the dominance of certain platforms can—and in some cases has—led to “retail feudalism.”

To best capture the retail sector, the authors home in on the European retail sector as the primary case in the book. Chapters explore strategic adaptation and the adoption of potential policies that can help support the transitions required within this industry.

Emphasizing the necessary collaboration required between policymakers, industry professionals, and academics, The Economics of Retailing provides essential information for stakeholders ready to make informed decisions to support retailing.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the global and European economy. This book offers readers an enhanced theoretical overview of key features of SMEs to help economists and policymakers address emerging challenges within policy frameworks. The book considers the latest trends and provides holistic perspectives on recent evidence in the performance and economic growth challenges of SMEs. It also highlights the business environment and landscape in Europe today. Chapters explore aspects regarding the policy implications, while reflecting on the underlying issues SMEs have when it comes to their access to finance, technology, innovation, green and digital transition, internationalization, and growth.