New geographies of retailing: an investigation of developments at airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations
New geographies of retailing: an investigation of developments at airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations
The future of retailing is more dynamic than it has been for many decades. The location and organisation of retailing have undergone significant transformations throughout the 1980s and 1990s. One manifestation of this changing retail landscape has been the increasing significance of hitherto un(der)developed sites such as airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations. These transformations in the retailing industry are embedded in wider processes of change in the economic, political, cultural and social landscape of the UK. This thesis demonstrates that such retail change is not a response to any one of these influences in isolation but it is the combination of these influences that has produced the particular retail developments witnessed today.
This thesis explores the development of retailing in airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations. It examines the role played by wider processes of change (economic, political, cultural and social) in shaping contemporary retail development. Consequently, this thesis investigates the development of retailing in such sites from several perspectives. It examines the economic and political influences that have led landlords and retailers to develop these sites as retail locations. The thesis then investigates the social and cultural trends that are shaping the behaviour of consumers, exploring the changing consumption patterns which are fuelling retail growth in these sites. The thesis thus presents a comprehensive account of the growth of retailing in non-traditional locations in the UK, utilising political-economic analysis alongside social and cultural explanations of change to explain the changing geography of retailing.
University of Southampton
1998
Bills, Simon James
(1998)
New geographies of retailing: an investigation of developments at airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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The future of retailing is more dynamic than it has been for many decades. The location and organisation of retailing have undergone significant transformations throughout the 1980s and 1990s. One manifestation of this changing retail landscape has been the increasing significance of hitherto un(der)developed sites such as airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations. These transformations in the retailing industry are embedded in wider processes of change in the economic, political, cultural and social landscape of the UK. This thesis demonstrates that such retail change is not a response to any one of these influences in isolation but it is the combination of these influences that has produced the particular retail developments witnessed today.
This thesis explores the development of retailing in airports, railway stations, hospitals and service stations. It examines the role played by wider processes of change (economic, political, cultural and social) in shaping contemporary retail development. Consequently, this thesis investigates the development of retailing in such sites from several perspectives. It examines the economic and political influences that have led landlords and retailers to develop these sites as retail locations. The thesis then investigates the social and cultural trends that are shaping the behaviour of consumers, exploring the changing consumption patterns which are fuelling retail growth in these sites. The thesis thus presents a comprehensive account of the growth of retailing in non-traditional locations in the UK, utilising political-economic analysis alongside social and cultural explanations of change to explain the changing geography of retailing.
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Published date: 1998
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