The article discusses at the case of Sofia some problems in retail development, like slow penetration of investments, an increased number of stores and pedlar sheds, food stores moving out of the city towards the periphery and the process
of internationalization of retail in the city, classified in three stages of transition. The study describes the changes in the retail trade situation presenting them as a result of the changed urban structure between the central part of the town and the new sub-centres
Development of retail and shopping centres in Ljubljana
Enquiry ; Hypermarket ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre ; Slovenia ; Spatial distribution ; Town ; Urban geography
Over the past 15 years Slovenia has gone through major economic and political changes. Retail was one of the economic activities that experienced the most proufound changes in the process of economic transition. In the paper the main characteristics
of development of retail in Ljubljana with special regard to creation of new suburban shopping centres are presented. The main goal of the research was to analyse spatial distribution and functions of shopping centres and hypermarkets in Ljubljana. In order
to establish whether shopping centres have started to develop social functions or are they still predominantly places of retail questionnaire survey in 5 largest shopping centres was conducted. - (IKR)
The return of regulation in the shopping landscape ? Reflecting on the persistent power of city centre preservation within shifting retail planning ideologies
Deregulation ; Ideology ; Inner city ; Netherlands (The) ; Planning ; Regulation ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre
The evolution of the Canadian retail trade system and the distinctive situation in Greater Vancouver - an analysis of the retail landscape in the interplay of extraneous forces
British Columbia ; Canada ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre ; Territorial planning ; Urban planning ; Vancouver
Albania ; Business district ; Conurbation ; Economic restructuring ; Retail trade ; Urban development
of the latter are the distribution of retail trade, the beginning formation of a central business district and the enormous sprawl of the Tirana-durres conurbation. - (IfL)