Purpose: the financial restructuring of the US department store industry is commonly interpreted as a time of corporate excess, value-destruction and ultimately collapse. The purpose of this paper is to re-analyse these events using qualitative methods to understand the background to the...

Purpose: the paper has three objectives: first, to reflect on the contribution of this journal to the study of retail location assessment and decision making; second, to use the results of a questionnaire survey of retailers to assess the employment of location assessment techniques a decade...

Purpose – To examine the impact of the merger of the two largest US department store companies on the competitive state of the sector and specifically the anti-trust implications of the consolidation. Design/methodology/approach – Based on semi-structured interviews with leading US...

Economic geographers are directing increasing attention to international expansion by leading retail transnational corporations (TNCs). However, there has been minimal examination of the financing methods of these firms and, while the major retail TNCs have supply relationships in sub-Saharan...

By analysing the US department store during the period c.1910-1965, this article deepens our understanding of the nature of the transition to phases of 'maturity' and 'decline' that are fundamental to models of retail change (retail wheel, retail life cycle). By employing a close reading of key...

Purpose – This paper aims to compare the accepted techniques of location analysis in the food sector with the realities of “real world” forecasting in convenience store (c-store) retailing. To offer a conceptual framework for c-store operators intending to become more strategic in their...

Endorsement of the ‘Reform Treaty’, culminating in its’ signing as the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2007, promises to end the EU’s enduring institutional problems. The compromise reached is the best realistically possible outcome given the divergent interests in the EU27. Yet...