Nature Of Retail

Question 1

What were the 4 stages of retail in 1960/70?

Answer 1

Corner shops, suburban parades, secondary centre and CBD

Question 2

If the sphere of influence is small, what is the numbers likely to be?

Answer 2

Large

Question 3

How has the pyramid changed from 1960/70 to today?

Answer 3

Out of town shopping centre has been added

Question 4

What is meant by decentralisation?

Answer 4

Shops being to move to the outskirts of towns where land is cheap and is accessible via motorways

Question 5

When did supermarkets begin to be built?

Answer 5

1970’s

Question 6

What did supermarkets develop into?

Answer 6

Hypermarkets

Question 7

When did retail parks being to come around?

Answer 7

1980

Question 8

When did out of town retail centres arise?

Answer 8

1990

Question 9

What 6 factors have influenced the nature of retail?

Answer 9

• Increased at ownership
• parking prices
• home freezers
• increased roads
• cheap land
• shopping expectations

Question 10

What type of sales have increased?

Answer 10

Internet sales and out of town retail centres

Question 11

When did merry hill open?

Answer 11

1985

Question 12

When did bluewater open?

Answer 12

1999

Question 13

When did the metro centre open?

Answer 13

1986

Question 14

When did the Trafford centre open?

Answer 14

1998

Question 15

How do you access merry hill?

Answer 15

M5

Question 16

How do you access bluewater?

Answer 16

M2/M25

Question 17

How do you access the metro centre?

Answer 17

A1

Question 18

How do you access the Trafford centre?

Answer 18

M62

Question 19

How many parking spaces at merry hill?

Answer 19

10,000

Question 20

How many parking spaces at bluewater?

Answer 20

12,000

Question 21

How many parking spaces at the metro centre?

Answer 21

10,000

Question 22

How many parking spaces at the Trafford centre?

Answer 22

10,000

Question 23

How many stores in merry hill?

Answer 23

210

Question 24

How many stores at bluewater?

Answer 24

360

Question 25

How many stores at the metro centre?

Answer 25

340

Question 26

How many stores at the Trafford centre?

Answer 26

230

Question 27

What positives occur due to out of town shopping centres?

Answer 27

Source of employment, attracts tourism, built on brown field sites and development along the outskirts of it of town centres

Question 28

What negatives occur due to out of town shopping centres?

Answer 28

Congestion, declined footfall in the local area and loss of personal identity in local town

Question 29

What is the sphere of influence?

Answer 29

How far people are willing to travel to make use of a service