International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 33 Issue 11

Downtowns in transition: Emerging business improvement area strategies

Tony Hernandez, Ken Jones

To detail the changing nature of retail and service activity in Canada's downtowns and examine the role of business improvement areas (BIAs) in promoting downtown vitality.

Ethnography of an American Main Street

Susie Pryor, Sanford Grossbart

This article seeks to demonstrate how sociological perspectives and ethnographic methods provide insights into extraeconomic and suprafirm factors that may contribute to the…

Evolution in city centre retailing: the case of Utrecht (1974‐2003)

Jesse Weltevreden, Oedzge Atzema, Koen Frenken

Using a continuous dataset, the purpose of this study is to explore the evolution of retailing in the historical city centre of Utrecht between 1974 and 2003.

Are the largest public retailers top financial performers? A longitudinal analysis

Joel R. Evans

To empirically study the performance of large retailers in terms of the strategic profit model and the retail performance index over time.

Shelf space assigned to store and national brands: A neural networks analysis

Mónica Gómez Suárez

To empirically analyse the relationship between the shelf space assigned to brands and several factors related to store management.