Decline in the British small shop independent retail sector: Exploring European parallels

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 357-371

  Coca Stefaniak, J Andrés ^a   Hallsworth, A G ^b   Parker, C ^a   Bainbridge, S ^a   Yuste, R ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c D'Aleph   (Spain)

Author keywords

Britain; Data sources; Management; Small shop decline; Spain

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20344398162     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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