February 2019

Analysing the profitability and the relations among its determinants of the retail sector: Evidence from Greece

This study aimed to investigate the existence of differences in retail firms’ strategy towards accomplishing profitability targets. By using data of Greek retail sector, we find that profitability, evaluated in terms of return on equity, as well as the average sales growth rate, does not differ statistically within the sub-sectors of the Retail Sector. However, significant differences not only among the...

Author(s): Georgios Kolias and Nikolaos Arnis