CONSIDERATION ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH  FOR RESTRICTED SHOPPERS IN A HYPER-AGED SOCIETY -A CASE OF ONLINE WHOLESALING SYSTEM-

Jimyoung Lee

Proceedings of ICLT 2014

CONSIDERATION ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH FOR RESTRICTED SHOPPERS IN A HYPER-AGED SOCIETY -A CASE OF ONLINE WHOLESALING SYSTEM-

Jimyoung Lee

University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Japan

International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 43-50

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Abstract

Since world population has been ageing, some issues including health, wealth and mobility of the elderly have been under the spotlight. In addition to those general issues, the current situation with restricted shoppers would be sensational issue in Japan, a hyper-aged society. The restricted shoppers refer to those who have difficulties in daily shopping and they are called even more sensationally as “shopping refugees” in Japan. Unlike “food deserts” issues in Europe and U.S.

Keywords

Japan; food

Citation

Jimyoung Lee (2014). CONSIDERATION ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH FOR RESTRICTED SHOPPERS IN A HYPER-AGED SOCIETY -A CASE OF ONLINE WHOLESALING SYSTEM-. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2014), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 43-50.