... predictions of this model using an empirical approach and a data set including all major malls in the US and Canada. Findings The key finding of both the analytical and empirical models is that there exists a positive and concave (i.e. reverse U‐shaped) relationship between anchor quality and mall size...

... Shopping centres Fashion Women Consumer behaviour Canada The decline of the regional shopping centre is regularly discussed (Gulli, 2004). The emergence of power and lifestyle centres was not without collateral damage to the traditional shopping mall. Shopping centre operators are fighting back...

...Tony Hernandez; Ken Jones Purpose To detail the changing nature of retail and service activity in Canada's downtowns and examine the role of business improvement areas (BIAs) in promoting downtown vitality. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a combination of retail structural...

... have difficulties with product distribution and their after‐sale service strategy. In part, this is why more than a quarter of Internet retailers outsource (subcontract) Internet fulfillment (Morgan Stanley, 1997). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Electronic commerce Consumer behaviour Canada...

...’ retention decisions are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Retailing Organizational structure Co‐operative organization Value Canada Numerous studies in services marketing have relied mainly on customer satisfaction and services quality to describe customer evaluations of services...

... the apparent locational implications of such networks by reference to the oligopolistic structure of the shopping mall sector in Canada where the system seems to have developed into a highly controlled and mature market with little evidence of aggressive locational competition between organizations (in terms...

... implementation, retailers must share the SKU data with suppliers, and work towards more co‐operative relationships. Canada Inventory control The Netherlands Quick response retailing INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT Quick Response Retailing in Canada and The Netherlands Paul D...

...-emergence of the enterprise culture classically associated with 19th century liberalism. This article seeks to act as a reminder that widely publicised developments need not always conform to a pure free enterprise model. To exemplify this, a contrast is made between West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada...