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Marketing geography : with special reference to retailing /

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 tec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, R. L., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Retailing and distribution.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; MARKETING GEOGRAPHY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1. The Scope of Marketing Geography; The specific American connotation of marketing geography; the importance of planning control in Britain; the theoretical bases to marketing geography; the main themes; 2. Traditional and Theoretical Frameworks of Study; Traditional studies of centres and trade areas; central place theory; general interaction theory; further theoretical avenues; 3. Growth and Developments in the Distributive Trades; Major components of the distributive trades.
  • The main channels of distributiontrends in the aggregate structure of retailing; the process of organisational change; 4. National and Regional Systems of Centres; Hierarchies of settlements classified by centrality; hierarchies of the main shopping centres of towns; methodological issues involved; correlates of centre size and different types of towns; summary; 5. Business Land Uses Inside the City; Classifications of business configurations; the internal characteristics of shopping centres; problems of central area delimitation; the spatial structure of the central area; summary.
  • 6. Changes in the Urban Business PatternChanges in the North American city; concentration versus decentralisation in Britain; the emphasis on central area redevelopment; the extent of decentralisation in Britain; summary; 7. Consumer Behaviour and Space Preferences in Shopping; Studies of aggregate patterns of movement; the structure of urban shopping trips; variations and changes in consumer behaviour; perception studies and the cognitive-behavioural approach; summary; 8. Forecasting and Allocation Techniques; The main types of techniques; problems in the application of interaction models.