A Practical Look at Retail Planning

The recent PTRC meeting at Warwick on “Retailing and Local Planning” was notable for the practicality of its approach and its determination to avoid suffocation by excessive concentration on gravity models. Useful contributions were made by a number of people concerned with various aspects of the development of retailing facilities. The conference is discussed here by Patrick McAnally, (Research Department, John Lewis Partnership) who acted as Chairman of the Programme Committee for the meeting.