Retailing - Shopping, Society, Space (Paperback)

This textbook is about shops and shopping, and the retailing industry which supports them. Its purpose is threefold.;To describe the contemporary retailing system and to show why it exists and how it seeks to meet consumer needs; to describe the relationships between these needs and the built environment, concentrating on those factors which lead to spatial patterns in shopping provision; and to describe the dynamic nature of retailing, emphasizing the relationships between retailers, consumers, developers and land-use managers, whose combined influences affect the visible character, style and ambiance of townscapes.