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Distribution in Europe: Euro-Shop ‘Til You Drop

"European firms have been highly successful in exporting their proprietary distribution models and formats all over the world. Distribution is one of the industries in which Europe leads the world, contributing important innovations. Despite being a very heterogeneous market, the European distribution sector generally follows the same pattern that shares three future tendencies: growing...
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Internet Sites Have a Toehold Over U.S. Shops for Climbers

Carlos Barrabes put his family’s climbing-gear shop on the Internet five years ago, looking for a bigger market than the tiny mountain hamlet of Benasque, Spain (pop. 1,000). But he never thought success in the U.S. market would boomerang. The U.S. accounts for about 25% of Mr. Barrabes’s €8 million ($7.8 million) in annual...
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