Life after PPG6—recent UK food retailer responses to planning regulation tightening

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-41

  Wood, Steve ^a   Lowe, Michelle ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convenience store retail; food retail; organizational adaptation; PPG6; Regulation; urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958526384     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960500453435     Document Type: Article

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