Recent developments in retail internationalisation / John Dawson and Masao Mukoyama -- Building international strategy with formats and formulae / John Dawson and Masao Mukoyama -- Global portfolio strategy as a new strategic paradigm / Masao Mukoyama and John Dawson -- Nitori: from local furniture store to largest home furnishing chain in Japan / Jung-Yim Baek -- President chain store corporation : globalisation through business diversification / Masao Mukoyama -- Lotte shopping : transforming a Korean retailer towards being global / Sang-Chul Choi -- IKEA : the making of a global giant / Ulf Johansson -- MUJI : the evolution of a local private label to a global retailer / Tatsuro Toba -- The delhaize group : internationalising the supermarket on three continents / Steve Burt -- The metro group : internationalising the cash & carry format / Steve Burt -- Future directions of retailer internationalisation / John Dawson and Masao Mukoyama.