W<sc>ood</sc> S. and R<sc>eynolds</sc> J. Establishing territorial embeddedness within retail transnational corporation (TNC) expansion: the contribution of store development departments, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Establishing territorial embeddedness within host regions in international retail expansion is well known to...

The relationship between merger and acquisition activity and the making of competitive space remains an underemphasized theme within contemporary economic geography. This paper seeks to add to this debate through a case study of the regional consolidation strategies of US department store firms...