Institutions, consumer habits and retail change in Sweden

Forsberg, Håkan

doi:10.1016/s0969-6989(96)00063-x

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“…Riviezzo, de Nisco, and Napolitano 2009;Otsuka and Reeve 2007;Whyatt 2004). As a result, concerns have been raised about the vitality and viability of a town centre (de Nisco, Riviezzo, and Napolitano 2008) leading to the need for strategic and proactive cooperation from all stakeholders (Riviezzo, de Nisco, and Napolitano 2009;Phillips and Swaffin-Smith 2004;Forsberg 1998). Consequently, stakeholder management has become important in the context of managing a town centre.…”

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Strategic alliances in a town centre: stakeholders' perceived importance of the property owners

Håkansson

Lagin

2014

The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer R

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In order for town centres to manage increased competition in retailing, cooperation between stakeholders in a strategic alliance has become more important. Typical stakeholders in such a strategic alliance are retailers, local authorities, and property owners. The importance of retailers and local authorities is well researched. However, the property owners' importance is not. The aim of this article is to uncover the perceived importance of property owners in a strategic alliance. This is a case study of a medium-sized town in which semi-structured interviews with different stakeholders were conducted. In the chosen town there is a town centre management alliance at work. The case studied shows a fragmented property owner market with no dominant property owner. Our study shows that the perception of the role of the property owner is crucial for town centre development. However, many property owners do not recognise their own significance for the town centre development. The main reasons for this opinion are that they do not consider themselves to have enough resources or the capability to influence the town development.

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Strategic alliances in a town centre: stakeholders' perceived importance of the property owners

Håkansson

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2014

The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer R

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“…The ratio of the residents traveling by car increased from 6% in 1986 to 23.2% in the early 2004, whereas the share of daily trip undertook by public transportation declined from 35% to 26.5%, among which the orbit transportation only takes less than 5%. The emergence of cars is one of the most important factors to influence consumer behavior which results in the transformation of retailing geography in the 1960s in the cities of Western countries (Forsberg, 1998). According to this survey, the ratio of residents who use car for shopping has relatively high, and the proportion in suburb areas is higher than that in the central areas.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…During the 1960s, supermarket gradually replaced traditional food stores, which presented the first wave of the retailing innovation. However, the essential reason causing the decentralization of retailing space is the "Suburb Shopping" (out-of-town shopping) brought about by the hypermarket (appeared in the 1960s, and developed rapidly from the 1980s to the 1990s) which emphasizes the location of urban outskirts and transportation nodes (Forsberg, 1998), and the shopping mall is considered to be the largest competitors of the downtown business centers.…”

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Downtown retailing development under suburbanization—A case study of Beijing

2007

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The role of retailing has diminished in the center of cities of Western countries since its heyday in the 1920s. This trend was caused by violent transformations in the economic, social and locational contexts which involve residential suburbanization, as well as new forms of commercial development out of town. As far as transforming China is concerned, the downtown retailing center has also come to turning point of development in the context of suburbanization. Based on the survey of Beijing residents' shopping behavior, the present research tends to making clear the actual change and development problem of downtown retailing center. Combining with the macro retailing environment, related influencing factors are further discussed too. Study results show that downtown retailing still plays an important part in resident's shopping activity. However, with rapid urban sprawl, retailing in urban center has been greatly threatened by booming out-of-town commerce. In the course of such spatial change, the suburbanization of resident, the prevalence of new commercial forms and the change of consumers' life style all have exerted their own pressure on downtown retailing. But for the special socioeconomic background of development and the support of government policy, it will still keep its vitality of retailing for a long period of time.

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“…In addition, among the shop selection attributes, the satisfaction level for shopping convenience and product quality was low whereas the satisfaction level for location was high [37,39,67,68]. Therefore, the consumer is more likely to be satisfied with visit attributes and the management improvements, etc., if they are adjacent to the customer's residence [30,57].…”

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Examining the Effectiveness of Government Policy for Retail Districts: Evidence from Korea

2018

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This paper seeks to measure the effects of policy on the self-employed conducting business in traditional retail districts. To verify policy we performed a practical analysis utilizing the multinomial logit model on the relationship between consumption behaviors and the attendant satisfaction level of consumers in the urban commercial districts. We first identified traditional retail districts that had received government policy support and those that had not. We then visited these districts to survey the satisfaction levels of customers. In total, 400 people were surveyed for this study. The results show that political support for the self-employed who conduct business inside the traditional retail districts has a partial effect. Especially, for the policy beneficiaries, the customer's satisfaction level in specific political support has a very important meaning. The study analyzed the factors necessary for the continuous growth of traditional retail districts, considering consumption behaviors and shop selection attributes. We argue that government support can help sustain regional commercial districts and the individual self-employed through consumer behavior and the magnification of satisfaction levels.

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Institutions, consumer habits and retail change in Sweden

Cited by 21 publications

References 4 publications

Strategic alliances in a town centre: stakeholders' perceived importance of the property owners

Strategic alliances in a town centre: stakeholders' perceived importance of the property owners

Downtown retailing development under suburbanization—A case study of Beijing

Examining the Effectiveness of Government Policy for Retail Districts: Evidence from Korea

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