1st Edition

Marketing Geography (RLE Retailing and Distribution) With special reference to retailing

By Ross Davies Copyright 1976
316 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

This book is concerned with the spatial aspects of the distributive trades. It provides a comprehensive insight into the relationship between consumer demand and retail supply in the context of both recent business trends and increasing planning controls. It unites a wide variety of theories and techniques to the practical problems confronting businessmen and planners and draws together the... Read more

List of illustrations.  List of tables.  1. The Scope of Marketing Geography  2. Traditional and Theoretical Frameworks of Study  3. Growth and Developments in the Distributive Trades  4. National and Regional Systems of Centres  5. Business Land Uses Inside the City  6. Changes in the Urban Business Pattern  7. Consumer Behaviour and Space Preferences in Shopping  8. Forecasting and Allocation Techniques  9. Store Location and Store Assessment Research  10. Conclusion.  Index

Biography

David Ross

‘A valuable and welcome undergraduate textbook.’- Environment and Planning

‘Recommended unreservedly to managers and planners in the distributive trades and to all those who are concerned with the implications of current trends in the provision of shopping facilities.’- Retail Distribution and Management