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 forecasting of sales from potential store development opportunities is typically supported by quantitative modelling techniques, which vary in their sophistication and practical application between retail firms. While previous research suggests analysts reach outcomes by blending modelled...

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...