Assessing the impact of retail location on store performance: A comparison of Wal-Mart and Kmart stores in Cincinnati

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 591-600

  Li, Yingru ^a   Liu, Lin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Competition; Huff model; Kmart; Retail location; Wal Mart

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LOCATION DECISION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SITE SELECTION;

CINCINNATI; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961111341     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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