Alexander, Andrew; Phillips, Simon; Shaw, Gareth - In: Environment and Planning A 40 (2008) 9, pp. 2204-2221
In this paper we address the related issues of retail innovation, changing shopping practices, and shopping geographies. We do so in relation to the spread of self-service grocery stores, and particularly the supermarket, in the postwar retail environment of Britain (1950 – 70), arguing that...