1st Edition

The Retail Environment

By Ken Jones, Jim Simmons Copyright 1990
514 Pages
by Routledge

514 Pages
by Routledge

The Retail Environment (1990) takes a fresh look at the American retailing system. It describes and explains retailing, with a particular emphasis on the problem of store location, and combines a spatial approach to consumer demand with a corporate and institutional view of supply. Linking the theoretical and applied traditions of location analysis, it uses a wealth of real-life examples to... Read more

1. Why Study Retail Location?  Part 1. Processes  2. The Geography of Demand  3. The Major Actors on the Supply Side  4. The Mystery of Consumer Behaviour  Part 2. Retail Structure  5. Retailing and the Settlement Pattern  6. The Changing Distribution System  7. Commercial Structure within the Metropolis  8. The Changing Retail Structure  Part 3. Location Analysis  9. Making Marketing Decisions  10. Site Selection  11. Trade Area Analysis  12. Choosing a Location Strategy  Part 4. The Future  13. Planning and the Retail Environment  14. Looking to the Future

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Ken Jones and Jim Simmons