At a time of increasing government concern with the economic health UK town centres and high streets, an independent inquiry (led by Mary Portas) on Revitalising High Street to report end 2011, this paper seeks make four contributions. First, inject into available evidence base, currently notable for its sparseness, new descriptive differential performance sample over 250 centres/high streets in regions as those adjusted shock wave global crisis. Second, address task theorising nature...

There is a legacy of research aiming to conceptualise and empirically estimate retail store catchment areas, however, dearth that frames such considerations within the context agglomerations their position regional or national networks. As result, this paper provides an extension single shopping centre estimation techniques, presents specified tested production constrained model for network centres in UK. Our takes into account spatial interactions between potential customers hierarchical...

This paper presents e-resilience as a framework for assessing the extent to which retail centres have spatially differentiated vulnerability impacts of online consumption. extends conceptual model resilience applied retail, and is operationalised through novel methodology that develops two indices balance both supply demand influences. We describe creation composite indicator, then calculate it across England. Our findings suggest geographic polarising effect, with least vulnerable...

The political popularity of the 20-min city is a result its perceived equal treatment all citizens, yet ideal geography fails to consider diversity mobilities and needs different age groups. If cities are provide equality for people with limited mobility, they need understand their location proximity services which meet needs. Considering older as subset population diverse mobilities, this research provides novel exploration issue urban mobility through grounded analysis against...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to recognise the areas implementation principles sustainable development (SD) in model retail chains activity. In paper, assumption was made that nowadays it necessary adopt rules following SD while making strategic decisions by chains. Design/methodology/approach study uses secondary data sources, reports, academic literature and case research method. A a multi-method paradigm based on full range scientist’s tool-kit: reviewing studies, examining...

This research introduces a new method for the identification of local retail agglomerations within Great Britain, implementing modification established density based spatial clustering applications with noise (DBSCAN) that improves sensitivity to variable point densities. The variability unit can be related both type and function centers, but also characteristics such as size extent urban areas, population distribution, or property values. suggested implements sparse graph representation...

Early attempts to classify shopping activity often took a relatively simple approach, largely driven by the lack of reliable data beyond fascia name and retail outlet counts centre. There seems be consensus amongst contemporary scholars, commercial research consultancies retailers that more comprehensive classifications would generate better-informed debate on changes in urban economic landscape, as well providing basis for effective comparison centres across time space, particularly given...

Purpose Twenty-first century online retailing has reshaped the retail landscape. Grocery shopping is emerging as next fastest growing category in UK, having implications for channels we use to purchase goods. Using Sainsbury’s data, authors create a bespoke set of grocery click&collect catchments. The resultant catchments allow an investigation performance within channel click&collect. paper aims discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach spatial interaction method “Huff...

Abstract The weather is considered as an influential factor on consumer purchasing behaviours and plays a significant role in many aspects of retail sector decision making. As result, better understanding the magnitude nature influence variable UK conditions can be beneficial to retailers other stakeholders. This study addresses dearth research this area by quantifying relationship between different trading outcomes. By employing comprehensive daily sales data for major high street retailer...

Retail is an important function at the core of urban areas, occupying a key role in determining their economic prosperity, desirability, and vibrancy. Efforts to understand geographies retail centers, cores retailing have long academic tradition, often studied through either rich local case studies, or when geographically more expansive, are constrained by limited detail. New data United States detailing location uses creates significant opportunity develop complete comprehensive overview...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought advanced technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual (VR), transforming consumer behavior in retailing arousing the interest of scholars studying customer responses to these retail settings. However, owing variations specific contextual factors, results related research have been mixed, which impedes retailers’ capacity gain a systematic understanding formulation well-informed marketing decisions context AR VR retailing. To address...

The concept of resilience has gained much attention in recent academic and political discussion. However, its application to specific sectors, such as retail, is rather scarce. aim this paper present the analyse applicability retail sector within context town centre. proposes a possible analytical framework for adaptively resilient centres that links performance underlying development paths, pre-shock position adaptive cycle, other factors drive their evolutionary reorganisation. proposed...

Walmart is a major player in the US retail sector and was one of grocery corporations that bucked trend declining sales at start COVID-19 pandemic 2020. Particularly initial stages pandemic, governance priorities focussed on restricting movement people closing non-essential retailers service providers to slow spread virus keep safe. This paper investigates impact non-pharmaceutical interventions, form lockdown stringency measures, consumer purchasing behaviours for essential goods over onset...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways in which we shop, with significant impacts on retail and consumption spaces. Yet, empirical evidence of these impacts, specifically at national level, or focusing latter periods remain notably absent. Using a large spatio-temporal mobility dataset, exhibits temporal instability, explore recovery centres from summer 2021 to 2022, considering particular how responses are determined by

Retail centres are important tools for understanding the distribution and evolution of retail sector at varying geographical scales. This paper presents a framework through which formal definitions typologies centres, such as those in UK, can be extended to US. Using Chicago case study data from SafeGraph, we present centre delineation method that combines Hierarchical-DBSCAN with ‘H3’, demonstrate usefulness non-hierarchical approach classification. In addition, show dynamicity...

Abstract Town centres and high streets typically form the social commercial cores of UK cities towns, yet, there is no uniform definition what a town centre or street is. In this study spatial delineations retail agglomerations are generated using open-source data for England, Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland. The extent boundaries these physical areas identified based on density connectivity patterns individual units over space. A resolution hexagonal grid superimposed clusters points...

Visual characteristics of leisure and retail environments provide sensory cues that can influence how consumers experience behave within these spaces. In this paper, we a computational method summarises the "visual features" shopping districts by analysing national database geocoded store frontage images. While traditional focus social scientific research explores drivers such as proximity to factor into location choice decisions, visual describe enclosing urban area are often neglected....

Population ageing is one of the most significant demographic changes underway in many countries. Far from being a homogenous group, older people and their experiences are diverse. A better understanding characteristics geography population, including workforce, important. It allows policymakers stakeholders to adapt opportunities challenges that population brings. This paper describes implementation Ageing Place Classification (AiPC) England. AiPC multidimensional geodemographic...

The perceived quality of urban environments is intrinsically tied to the availability desirable leisure and retail opportunities. In this article, we explore methodological approaches for deriving indicators that estimate willingness pay services offered by centers. Most often, because cannot be qualified a natural unit, an environment explored through lens residential housing market. Traditional control individual characteristics houses, meaning remaining variation in price can unpacked...

Abstract The UK retail sector is constantly changing and evolving. increasing share of online sales the development out-of-town provision, in conjunction with 2008–09 economic crisis, have disproportionately impacted high streets physical negatively. Understanding adapting to these changes fundamental vitality, sustainability prosperity businesses, communities economy. However, there a need for better information support attempts revitalise centres, advances sensor technology made this...

Amidst the growing focus on media engagement and customer value in retail marketing literature, mobile commerce (MC) research has gained prominence. This explores how customers employ operating systems to engage with retailers extract within context of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retail. In Study 1, a survey involving 398 users uncovered that handset OS moderates effects social media, traditional engagement, "place" value. 2, leveraging data from foreign FMCG brand deeply immersed...

Using retail-centre aggregated microeconomic data for over 65,000 retail and service units in the UK, we explore differential influence of 2007/8 economic recession on performance centres. For first time context town centre/high street analyses performance, employ growth convergence models to examine whether centres with different vacancy rates pre-recession period converged that followed. The results indicate had higher negative those experienced lower period, leading rates. Despite effect...

Despite evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated significant regional (economic) inequalities, there is a substantial lack of insight into impacts on retail sector. In this study, using data from SafeGraph, we adopt approach to explore how visits places changed during early weeks in Chicago Metropolitan area. particular, highlight exhibited interesting spatio-temporal and structural trends.