Purpose – Designed to update research work carried out in the early 2000s on the development and impacts of Southampton's West Quay retail development on the urban milieu of the city. Design/methodology/approach – Summarises the findings of detailed research work carried out at West Quay...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the development, role and management of quarters in UK cities. Design/methodology/approach – A case study based on Manchester's Northern Quarter, using secondary documentary materials and semi‐structured interviews with urban managers and...

Within a context of the globalization of retailing, examines the current structure of pan‐European food retail consolidation. Portrays the interlinkages between firms in the EU food retail market, and offers an assessment of the three leading consolidators (Carrefour, Wal‐Mart, Ahold) in...

Offers an appraisal of the corporate experience and prospects of J. Sainsbury plc in the USA, ten years after its market entry. In Part 1, focuses on Sainsbury’s New England subsidiary, Shaw’s, and shows that heavy capital investment, and the determined export of a British model of food...

Offers an appraisal of the corporate experience and prospects of J. Sainsbury plc in the USA, ten years after its market entry. Part 1 focused on Sainsbury’s New England subsidiary, Shaw’s. Heavy capital investment, and the determined export of a British model of food retailing, is shown to...