...Sanal Kumar Velayudhan Purpose – The study seeks to understand the influences on the prevalence of rural retailing institution of periodic markets. It examines the influence of access to and population of the location on the performance of periodic markets and their effect on the competition...

...Peter Jones; David Hillier; Daphne Comfort Purpose This paper offers two short case studies with the aim of showing how two local authorities are tackling the problems of the decline of market halls and covered markets within UK towns and cities. Design/methodology/approach The paper begins...

...Mike Phillips; Chris Swaffin‐Smith The importance of the role played by market towns in the vitality of rural England has become increasingly recognised in recent years, and has attracted considerable attention from government development agencies in support of major public policy initiatives...

...Charles V. Trappey; Meng Kuan Lai Explains that Taiwan’s retailing is predominantly a mix of traditional markets and department stores, an abundance of convenience stores, a group of supermarket and hypermarket chains, many direct marketing companies and a dynamic fast‐food industry. Outlines...