Stemming retail leakage with a sense of community: Leveraging the links between communal ties and shopping decisions

Chalmers, Katherine; Gessner, Mary; Venturoni, Linda; Weiler, Stephan

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2011.06.010

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“…Local retail businesses are especially important in building and preserving a sense of community. Chalmers et al (2012) noted that retail leakage and sense of community are negatively correlated and endogenously shape one another. Several studies concluded that places dominated by small, locally owned businesses experience greater overall economic stability and a higher level of resident socioeconomic wellbeing compared with places where large and/or absentee-owner businesses predominate (Corolleur and Courlet 2003;Lyson and Tolbert 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Increased mobility and enhanced transportation networks have increased rural consumers' outshopping, resulting in a treacherous environment for small locally based retailers (Chalmers et al 2012;Frazier and Niehm 2004;Henderson 2002). Small businesses provide employment diversity, community leadership, creativity, and community investment (Acs and Armington 2006;McDaniel 2001;Renski 2009;W.K.…”

Section: Background and Theoretical Framework Rural Business Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The present study extends these findings within an institutional framework to examine how rural community social norms and accepted standards of behavior relate to community and business sector optimism for survival and success of potential new businesses. Considering the trend toward growing local entrepreneurship (Chalmers et al 2012) and the high failure rate experienced by business start-ups in rural communities, an investigation of the role that embedded institutional community norms related to the local business environment plays in the prospects of long-term survival of prospective retail and service businesses seems to be relevant.…”

Section: Journal Of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 445mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

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This study uses institutional theory to examine the relationship between rural community norms and optimism for new firm survival. A survey of 1161 residents and business owners in 32 rural US communities explored community-wide attitudes toward change and norms related to community and local business sector symbolic and performative actions and their influence on local residents' optimism about prospects for success of new businesses. Multiple regression analysis revealed that institutional norms supporting change and reflecting positive attitudes regarding residents' and business owners' actions in the task environments are positively related to community optimism about new firm survival. Evidence also supports differential effects of population size on norms related to openness to change and retailer performative actions. Findings suggest that the rural community institutional environment may have an influence on efforts to attract and retain new businesses in rural communities.La pr esente etude utilise la th eorie institutionnelle pour examiner les relations entre les normes propres aux communaut es rurales et les chances de survie des nouvelles entreprises. Une enquête portant sur 1161 r esidents et chefs d'entreprises dans 32 communaut es rurales am ericaines a etudi e les attitudes a l' echelle des communaut es vis-a-vis du changement et les normes relatives aux actions symboliques et performatives touchant la communaut e et le secteur des entreprises locales et leur influence sur l'optimisme des r esidents locaux quant aux perspectives de r eussite des nouvelles entreprises. Une analyse de r egression multiple a r ev el e que les normes institutionnelles appuyant le changement et refl etant des attitudes positives a l' egard des actions des r esidents et des chefs d'entreprises dans les champs d'intervention se trouvent li ees de mani ere positive a l'optimisme communautaire concernant la survie des nouvelles entreprises. Les donn ees probantes obtenues confirment egalement les effets diff erentiels de l'importance des populations sur les normes li ees a l'ouverture au changement et aux actions performatives des distributeurs. Les r esultats obtenus sugg erent que le milieu institutionnel de la communaut e rurale peut avoir une influence sur les efforts visant a attirer et conserver de nouvelles entreprises dans les communaut es rurales.

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Section: Background and Theoretical Framework Rural Business Environmentmentioning

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Section: Journal Of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 445mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

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Niehm

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Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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“…As (in)formal meeting places, they form an ideal setting for deliberate or spontaneous interactions and bring people together. In their role of meeting places, these facilities contribute to local ties and maintain and develop social cohesion and feelings of community solidarity (Autti & Hyry‐Beihammer, 2014; Chalmers et al., 2012; Mount & Cabreas, 2016; Oldenburg, 1991). Increasingly, a third place meaning, the symbolic meaning of facilities and services on the individual and village level, is thought to be of importance in understanding dealing with loss.…”

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Dealing with the loss of the village supermarket: The perceived effects two years after closure

Haartsen

Gieling²

2021

Sociologia Ruralis

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In 2015, the local supermarket of the depopulating village of Ulrum closed its doors. After a first survey around the closure, a second survey was conducted two years later, to investigate changes in the different meanings of the local supermarket and the perceived effects of its closure over time. The results show that respondents state that the liveability and status of the village have decreased because of the loss of the supermarket. This strongly relates to the symbolic and village level meanings of the supermarket: A village 'needs' a supermarket for the villages' status and as a place to do groceries, and people feel that a village without a supermarket is a village without a heart. The article concludes by alleging that the symbolic meaning of facilities plays an important role in explaining the perceived effects of the loss of the local supermarket.

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“…More generally, steps in the hierarchy of retail centers have become contingent on a rising "convenience culture." This incorporates the progressive rise of online retail with preferences for "local" shopping (and derived product authenticity, traceability, and sustainability benefits) alongside a revaluation of consumer awareness toward "community-sustaining" consumption (Chalmers et al 2012). Since the early 2000s, significant demographic and societal shifts have driven these trends, with particular growth among low-density households, aging populations, and younger workers who are faced with longer working hours and busy lifestyles (Wrigley et al 2015).…”

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Building Hierarchies of Retail Centers Using Bayesian Multilevel Models

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Arribas‐Bel

Singleton

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Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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Stemming retail leakage with a sense of community: Leveraging the links between communal ties and shopping decisions

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

Optimism for new business survival in rural communities: an institutional perspective

Dealing with the loss of the village supermarket: The perceived effects two years after closure

Building Hierarchies of Retail Centers Using Bayesian Multilevel Models

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