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Retail Saturation: The Debate in the Mid-1990s

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  • P Langston

    (GMAP Ltd, University of Leeds, Cromer Terrace, Leeds LS2 9JU, England)

  • G P Clarke
  • D B Clarke

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In an earlier paper we presented a picture of the provision of British food retail floor-space which was attentive to both the debate on retail saturation and the underlying competitive processes shaping the geography of the grocery sector. There we argued that there was still considerable variation in the provision of food retailing floor-space in the United Kingdom, with analyses presented at the regional (county), interurban, and intraurban levels. We concluded that saturation can only ever be a local phenomenon and that there was still considerable potential for retail expansion. However, we also suggested that such expansion was unlikely to occur without a notable degree of change in the complexion of the sector. The aim of this paper is to update that analysis and to present arguments pertaining to food retail change during the middle of this decade—that is, following the property crisis that halted the earlier ‘golden age’ of store expansion—by focusing on recent change in terms of both retail fascia and locality.

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  • P Langston & G P Clarke & D B Clarke, 1998. "Retail Saturation: The Debate in the Mid-1990s," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 30(1), pages 49-66, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:30:y:1998:i:1:p:49-66
    DOI: 10.1068/a300049
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    1. Godfrey Yeung & Kim Leng Ang, 2016. "Online Fashion Retailing and Retail Geography: The Blogshop Phenomenon in Singapore," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 107(1), pages 81-99, February.
    2. Carlo Morelli, 2009. "Modern British Retailing in the Late 20th Century: Increasing Value?," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 227, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.
    3. Carlo Morelli, 2005. "Further reflections on the Golden Age in British multiple retailing 1976-1994: capital investment, market share and retail margins," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 183, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.

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