ABSTRACT

First published in 1998.This is Volume XIV of the eighteen in the Sociology of Work and Organization series and which is an investigation of the developments of combination in the distributive trades, with special emphasis upon wartime development, looking at a new form monopolist organisation in Britain which was initially a report to the Fabian Society in 1942

chapter 1|6 pages

WHAT TRADE ASSOCIATIONS ARE

chapter 2|13 pages

FIRST ATTEMPTS AT ASSOCIATION

chapter 3|5 pages

TWENTIETH-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS

chapter 5|19 pages

THE SCOPE OF NON-COMPETITIVE ORGANISATION

chapter 6|6 pages

THE STRUCTURE OF RETAIL COMPETITION

chapter 7|12 pages

BRANDED GOODS

chapter 8|7 pages

ADVERTISING AND QUASI-MONOPOLY

chapter 9|10 pages

THE BASIS OF PRICE FIXING

chapter 10|14 pages

MARGINS AND DISCOUNTS

chapter 11|17 pages

PRICE MAINTENANCE AND RETAILERS

chapter 12|11 pages

RETAIL PRICE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLIERS

chapter 13|14 pages

PROTECTED LISTS AND EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENTS

chapter 14|11 pages

ACTION AGAINST PRICE CUTTERS

chapter 15|10 pages

DISTANCE LIMITS

chapter 16|19 pages

CONTROL OF QUALIFICATION

chapter 17|13 pages

THE BRITISH LEGAL ATTITUDE

chapter 18|15 pages

LEGISLATION ABROAD

chapter 19|17 pages

RETAIL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE WAR

chapter 20|16 pages

THE CASE FOR STATE CONTROL