Japan’s New Framework on Dementia Care

The number of people with dementia in Japan is ever-increasing. In 2020, 6 million people lived with dementia. The number is expected to increase to 9 million in 2040. This means that a person with dementia will be supported by three working people. To prepare for the big wave of dementia, Japan released the New Orange Plan in January 2015. In 2019, the Framework for Promoting Dementia Care was issued by the Japanese cabinet in which prevention and the opportunity for persons with dementia to age in place were set as the main goals. This framework requires all ministries to promote people’s awareness about individuals with cognitive impairment. The educational targets include taxi drivers, retail shop clerks, bankers, police, and people working in the criminal justice system. I will discuss the New Framework which has potential to assist the country in supporting people living with dementia.

The Analysis of Islamic Branding Towards Customer Loyalty Impacts at Ismart Retail Ponorogo

Ismart Ponorogo is a retail store that is managed based on Islamic principles. Congregational ownership managed professionally and centrally to maintain competitiveness in terms of distribution networks, products, prices, and promotions. This research aims to test and explain the influence of Islamic brands on customer loyalty to Ismart Ponorogo. The research uses explanative research methods conducted through data collection in the field in a quantitative approach. The assumptions used in this study are variables that can be measured using respondents' responses to questionnaires, the consumer population of Ismart Ponorogo, and a sample of 67 respondents, data analysis using linear regression statistical methods, and hypothesis testing. Based on the results of the research shows that Brand Islami can increase customer loyalty to Ismart Ponorogo. This research has a novelty compared to previous research by testing Islamic brands to customer loyalty in retail stores managed based on sharia principles. Keywords: Islamic Brand, Customer Loyalty, Sharia Retail Shop

Agricultural Supply Chain Analysis During Supply Chain Disruptions: Case of Teff Commodity Supply Chain in Ethiopia in the era of COVID-19

Current state agricultural supply chain analysis for essential commodities like Teff in Ethiopia is necessary to avoid supply chain disruption caused by events like COVID 19. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of COVID-19 on the agriculture and food sector. It has taken into account both qualitative and quantitative mixed approaches. The study has been conducted to analyze the resilient teff value chain across teff supply chain members from production to consumption by comparing two production areas in Ethiopia. Cross-sectional descriptive surveys at different stages of the supply chain are identified. Data collection has been made based on the purposive sampling technique. It has then, analyzed the data and reach on conclusion. The findings revealed that wealth was not accumulated by farmers to create a sustainable supply of Teff to the consumers which is not enough to respond to the demand gap created in the event of supply chain disruption. Teff value chain analysis also indicated that consumers have low price expectations of Teff regardless of its high price at the retail shop. Since March 2020 Due to COVID 19 prevalence in Ethiopia, lockdown that disrupts goods and people move from rural to urban has resulted in a sharp Teff price increase from an average of 4200 per Quintal to 5000 Birr per Quintal in just one month at the retail shop. This has significantly benefited downstream supply chain members like wholesalers and retailers by hoarding Teff supply to consumers until regulatory bodies took action on price hikes by retailers. Finally, recommendations have been forwarded among the others include: to enlarge subsidies for Ethiopian farmers to boost agricultural production, hedge farmers against price fluctuation and avail warehouses for stocking agricultural commodities to buffer against future uncertainties are the major ones that the government has to apply.

Family Company Direction Case

Two brothers founded the sport retail shop “Outdoor Champions.” The company strived on their exquisite personal expertise and hands-on business skills. After reaching retirement age, they faced a company direction and succession challenge typical of family businesses. They resolved it in a simple, authentic and unconventional way.

Revealing Ukuwah-Based Islamic Accounting Practices

This study aims to determine the existence of ukhuwah-based sharia accounting practices at 212 AlFatih Villa Mutiara Mart which is a sharia-based modern retail shop located on Jl. Ir. Soetami, Bringkanaya District, Makassar City. This research is a research in the field of qualitative ethnometodology. The ethnomethodology method is one of the approaches in qualitative research that seeks to describe how human behavior or actions within the "culture" are related to the interaction patterns that occur and the background of their actions, and the study leads to an effort to understand the meaning that exists in the life of an organization or group. the people inside. The results show that the ukhuwah-based sharia accounting practice is very distinctive, built by the 212 alumni community, which is a group of Islamic people who steadfastly defend their religion. So that the characteristics of accounting do not escape the cultural values that are covered by Islamic values, namely help, trust and affection and love. The syariah accounting system is based on brotherhood in the midst of the development of accounting in Indonesia, and incidentally was born from the womb of the Muslim community.

Post-Harvest Handling Practices Impacted on Microbiological and Sensory Quality Attributes of Giant Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium Rosenbergii in the Distribution Chain in Bangladesh

To understand the effect of post-harvest good handling practices on prawn(Macrobrachiumrosenbergii) quality, data were collected from stakeholders involved indistribution chain by semi-structured questionnaire, focus group discussion and transectwalking at Kishoreganj and Mymensingh. Most used containers were split bamboo basket(39%), split bamboo basket with polythene lining (18%), plastic crate (12%), styrofoamcrate (8%) and rectangular metal container (12%). 15%, 25%, 10%, 100% and 7% largeprawns were water washed and 9%, 35%, 22%, 100%, 60% large prawns were icedimmediately after harvest, later in fishing trip, immediately after landing, at wholesalehouse before transportation and during retail sale, respectively. Bacterial counts of waterused for ice preparation, ice crushed mechanically and on soil floor collected from BhairabBazar and Karimganj were 6.58±1.87×103, 4.77±0.19×102, 4.12±2.06×103 cfu/ml and4.82±1.56×102, 6.01±1.61×101, 6.90±1.61×102 cfu/ml, respectively. Ice melted watercollected after unpacking prawn containers at Mymensingh, transported from BhairabBazar and Karimganj, had 5.90±1.95×107 and 6.32±2.06×108 cfu/ml bacterial counts,respectively; indicated unhygienic handling environments. However, existing post-harvesthandling practices produce prawns acceptable for consumers as sensory assessment forprawns showed the quality defect points of 1.0 (Excellent), 2.1 (Good), 2.3 (Good) and 2.9(Good) at harvesting, landing, wholesale and retail shop, respectively. Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.7(2): 321-328, August 2020

RETAIL COMPANY STRATEGY FACING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0

Facing changes in business environment, the companies should make adjustments in their operations. The role of information technology encourages everything in the internet (internet of things), which also has an impact on the retail industry. Retail companies improve themselves in facing changes in their industrial environment. The purpose of this article is to examine some retail businesses that have developed online shops in the current era and to formulate the retail company strategies to face the industrial revolution including redesigning business models and dynamic abilities, human resource readiness, developing features and shopping applications at retail shops and attractive promo offers for consumers. It is hoped that this study can provide input for retail shop managers in developing their business strategies

Globalisation and its impact on the creation of sustainable points of purchase

In the second half of the 1990s, important global traders began to come to the Slovak market, changing the functional layout of the towns and cities by building large-scale stores, bringing new formats and forms of selling to retails, as well as thoughtful external and internal shop designs. More than twenty years have passed since then, however, internationalmarketers continue to shape the Slovak retail market, this time through a sustainable architecture of shops and logistics centres, responsible product assortments, reduced food waste, separating and reducing paper or plastic packaging and batteries, changing the employees´ clothing for garments from organic cottons, and so on. They have namely realized that the environment is more affected than protected as a result of globalization, and it is therefore necessary to take measures to protect the natural world with regard to permanently sustainable principles. The object of our research is the shopping setting in retail stores of selected worldwide retail chains operating in Slovakia, i.e. all elements of the retail shop and its operation (its design, layout, goods presentation, staff and customers), in the context of sustainability. We are looking for answers to the questions of which selected global retail chain stores working in Slovakia and by implementing of which specific measures they build sustainable points of sale. In the process of elaborating the paper we used as sources of information relevant publications, proceedings of scholarly papers, as well as studies available at the Internet sites of specialized journals. At elaborating the sources, we applied standard scientific methods: researching, description, analysis, and deduction.