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The Evolving Culture of Retailer Regulation and the Failure of the ‘Balfour Bill’ in Interwar Britain

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  • Gareth Shaw

    (Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, England)

  • Andrew Alexander

    (School and Management Studies of the Service Sector, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, England)

  • John Benson

    (School of Humanities, Wolverhampton University, Dudley, DY1 3HR, England)

  • Deborah Hodson

    (Department of Retailing and Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 3GH, England)

Abstract

The authors explore the interactions between retailer conflict, types of competition, and retail regulation. Their study is set within the wider debates surrounding the attempts to retheorise retail geography, and, more specifically, in the context of retail competition within interwar Britain. The specific focus is on the attempts to control large-scale corporate retailing, and the failure of such strategies. The authors also draw on comparisons with the situation in the USA and show that the British case was very different, as illustrated by the failure of the ‘Balfour Bill’. Within this context they debate a number of reasons why the attempts to regulate retailing failed in Britain. On a broader front they also demonstrate the need for further research into the complex relationships between retailer conflict and regulatory control.

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  • Gareth Shaw & Andrew Alexander & John Benson & Deborah Hodson, 2000. "The Evolving Culture of Retailer Regulation and the Failure of the ‘Balfour Bill’ in Interwar Britain," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 32(11), pages 1977-1989, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:32:y:2000:i:11:p:1977-1989
    DOI: 10.1068/a32225
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