Shopping Retail Parks

Since the late 1970s retail parks allow us in britain in order to become a substantial part of the process of retail decentralisation. From an earlier concentrate on ‘bulky-goods' selling, they have grown and developed into a number of unplanned and planned forms, the largest of which can be characterised as ‘hybrid local centres’. The greater fresh addition of typical ‘high-street’ stores for their features has gained the epithet ‘fashion areas’. Intermittent concern has been expressed in the most likely undesireable effects these phenomena are experiencing in the traditional system of town, city, and district shopping centres in Uk metropolitan areas. In these circumstances it's surprising that little regarding the present retail effect research has focused on the bigger retail areas. Partly to redress this deficiency, the writers investigate the influence of a sizable unplanned retail park on retail system associated with the better Swansea area. Evidence suggests that the best influence continues to be focused on the middle-order region and regional town centers. The connection happens to be ‘strongly competitive’ rather than ‘benignly complementary’. Simultaneously, the growth in scale and practical variety for the retail playground proposes a strong ‘competitive erosion’ of the standing for the town center. Thus, regional authorities worried for future years of their town, city, and district shopping centers should view procedures running inside the shopping center development business in association with the positioning and advertising strategies of the main ‘high-street’ numerous retailers with substantial caution.

• Obtained March 21, 2003.
• Modification gotten July 21, 2003.