The small shop in the urban retail economy: A case study in Northern Ireland
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https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1976.868Abstract
The paper indicates the extent to which small shops dominated the retail economies of towns in Northern Ireland in the mid-1960s and considers the operating patterns associated with the range of shop sizes in these urban areas. Small shops, whilst comprising almost 95 %, of all shops, only accounted for 56% of retail sales in the province. The small shop dominated the specialist food and confectionery business. Considerable variation existed among the towns in terms of the significance of the small shop. A log-normal model applied to a birth and death process is employed to study the size distribution of shops in each of the urban economies. The specific forms of the log-normal models vary considerably among the towns. Productivity and employee use is analysed in relation to shop size. A sequence of changes in productivity with increases in shop size is considered.Downloads
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2016-12-26
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Dawson, J. A., & Watkin, D. G. (2016). The small shop in the urban retail economy: A case study in Northern Ireland. Irish Geography, 9(1), 76–88. https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1976.868
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