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1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Part I Theory and practice of retail studies in developing countries; Chapter one Retailing in less-developed countries ; Introduction; Characteristics of retailing in developing countries; Disciplinary perspectives on retailing; References; Chapter two Retail change and economic development; The issues of economic growth and economic development; Retail change; Retailing and economic development; Sears, Roebuck de Mexico, S.A.; Major retail experiments. |
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The innovation perspectiveSome final observations; References; Chapter three Impediments to progress in retailing in developing nations; Introduction; Distribution channel structure; The influence of culture and lifestyle; Governmental influences; Scarcity of information; Conclusion; References and further reading; Part II Retail structure and change in less-developed countries; Retail structure and change in less-developed countries; Introduction; Retail structure and change; Overview of chapters; References; Chapter four Rural distribution channels in West Africa; Introduction. |
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The study areaAlternative explanations of periodic marketing; Periodic marketing: sellers and buyers; Changes in the periodic marketing system; Conclusions; References; Chapter five Retailing in northern Nigeria ; Introduction; Precolonial trade; Retailing patterns during the colonial period; The trading posts; Traditional outlets; The development of permanent retail stores; Post-independence retailing: the oil boom; Developments in the city; The rural areas; Retailing in recession; Retailing, government policy and culture; Conclusion; Notes; References. |
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Chapter six New trends in commercial locations in Morocco Changing patterns of rural and urban commerce; The multiplication of new commercial centres; Upgrading and specialisation in urban commerce; Conclusions; References; Chapter seven The development of planned shopping centres in Kuwait; The hierarchy of centres in Kuwait; Retail structure; The Central Business District (CBD); District centres; Neighbourhood shopping centres; Isolated store cluster; Shopping centre development in the Third World; Shopping centre development in Kuwait; Future retail requirements. |
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Proposed purpose-built shopping centresConclusions; References and further reading; Chapter eight Informal sector retailing in the South African city ; Introduction; The underdevelopment of street trading; The machinery of repression; The roots of negative policies towards street traders; From repression to deregulation; The changing complexion of informal sector retailing; A matter of extinction; A matter of survival; Concluding remarks; References; Chapter nine Ethnodomination of marketing channels revisited; Origins of ethnodomination; Economic relations in ethnodominated channels. |
| Summary |
Retailing in less developed countries can take any number of forms and fulfils a wide range of different needs. As this book shows it is susceptible to cultural as well as to economic forces and it needs to be analysed in terms of both global economic shifts and place-specific social and economic formations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumer behavior -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Consumer behavior. |
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Developing countries. |
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Retail trade -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Retail trade. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Dawson, John A.
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Findlay, Allan M.
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Paddison, Ronan.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Retailing environments in developing countries. London ; New York : Routledge, 1990 (DLC) 89070143 |
| ISBN |
0203976711 |
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9780203976715 |
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0415037395 |
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9780415037396 |
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