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E-SHOPPING VERSUS CITY CENTRE SHOPPING: THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED CITY CENTRE ATTRACTIVENESS

open access: yesTijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 2007
The growing number of Internet users and the increasing volume of online sales gives rise to speculation about how e-shopping will affect shopping centres as we know them. Since shopping centres differ in terms of their appeal to consumers, we expect the
Jesse W J Weltevreden
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Community shopping centres [PDF]

open access: possible, 2020
This thesis investigates two aspects of community shopping centres. The first aspect deals with the particular role any shopping place plays within the community structure. This examination begins in Section One and Two, establishing an understanding of the type of human situation for which any shopping centre should be designed. Section Three examines
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Arcades, shopping centres and shopping malls

2018
This chapter overviews the evolution of the shopping arcade, centre and mall – retail formats that consist of planned and regulated space designed to shape consumer behaviour. Shopping centres, malls and to some degree even earlier organised covered markets, such as galleries and arcades, have been key instruments of modern consumer society.
Vicki Howard, Jon Stobart
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Seniors in shopping centres

Journal of Sociology, 2013
Many studies have examined issues of youth and public spaces; however, less attention has been devoted to seniors and their navigation and experience of community spaces, particularly in relation to their sense of inclusion in, or exclusion from, consumptive spaces.
White, Robert D.   +2 more
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French shopping centres

Property Management, 1989
Examines the prominence of shopping centres in French retailing through a study of a representative sample of 16 centres. Analyses the rental performance of the centres from survey data of turnover, rents, and occupancy. Surmises that the success of French shopping centres has been achieved through their development and management, and that the lack of
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E-shopping Compared with Shopping Centres

2005
Despite the dot.com crash of 2000, online shopping is growing in the UK with sales having reached at least £3.3 billion by 2003 (Verdict, 2003). This represents only two percent of all retail sales but the proportion is predicted to rise to five percent within a year or two (BCSC, 2001) and 10 percent by 2009 (Gibson, 1999; Verdict, 2003).
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The refurbishment of shopping centres

Property Management, 1992
Reviews the economic and financial considerations relevant to investment in shopping centre refurbishment. Considers the problems of economic obsolescence through rising maintenance costs and falling rents, and legal obsolescence through changes in legislation and safety regulations, using case study examples. Concludes that refurbishment is usually an
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The Shopping Centre as an Object of Desire: Attraction and Distance In Shopping Centre Choice

2005
Chapters 3 and 4 above addressed the question of ‘Why people shop where they do?’ by considering the attributes and ‘personality’ of shopping centres. This chapter seeks to explore the effects of ‘deterrence’ or ‘distance’ in addition to ‘attraction’ in individual consumers’ choices of shopping centres.
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Acculturating the Shopping Centre

2018
Acculturating the Shopping Centre examines whether the shopping centre should be qualified as a global architectural type that effortlessly moves across national and cultural borders in the slipstream of neo-liberal globalization, or should instead be understood as a geographically and temporally bound expression of negotiations between mall developers
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Planned Shopping Centres

New Zealand Geographer, 1994
ABSTRACTPlanned shopping centres affect the geographical direction of retailing and the nature of retailing in general. As major marketing outlets for national and international chains they are especially attractive to consumers. This paper examines shopping centres in New Zealand and their impact on stand alone retailers and includes a case study of ...
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