Humankind is a storytelling animal. Everyone loves good stories, well told. Telling tales is central to communicating successfully with customers, yet marketing academics seem to have forgotten this fact. The stories we tell, in our papers, books and learned journals, are often less than...

Recently described as a 'peculiarly British innovation,' retail parks are an increasingly important element of the UK's urban retail structure. Yet relatively little is known about customer usage and perceptions of this innovative retail form. A study of the Abbey Trading Centre, an unplanned...

Despite its conceptual significance, R. L. Davies' complex model of city centre retailing has received relatively few empirical airings.This is largely attributable to its reliance upon the free play of market forces,a state of affairs which rarely pertains in today's highly planned retail...

The agglomeration of similar retail outlets has long attracted the attention of geographers. This paper examines the attitudes of retailers towards agglomeration,thereby complementing earlier studies based upon pattern analysis and pedestrian interchange. In addition, it explores the nature of...

Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on key crosscutting issues such as gender...