During the past decade research into retail regulation has become one of the key themes in the “new retail geography” but most of the work in this genre has been focussed on the retailing of goods and more particularly on food retailing. This paper is based in the retail services sector and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the seven articles on festival and events research in this special issue of IJCTHR . Design/methodology/approach – The article gives summary information and perspectives on the articles that appear in the issue. Findings – This paper...

Purpose – This paper aims to briefly consider the socio‐political and economic ramifications of mega event hosting in emergent economies. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual. Findings – The mega event landscape is undergoing significant change over the medium term. However, current...

Purpose – Programming of festivals is more and more becoming a source from which the competitive advantages of the festivals may originate. This study aims to conceptualize the dimensionality of programming quality of festivals and empirically test it and its relationships with the...