Retail service provision: how and why is the shopping landscape changing?

Key themes:

To understand that the provision of goods and retail services changes over time

To explain the effect of e-tailing.

To explain the rise of ethical shopping.

HOW HAS RETAIL PROVISION CHANGED OVER TIME?

Superstores / Retail Parks

• Need a lot of space so locate out-of-town• Often built on greenfield sites• Tend to be near transport points, easy access• Often open late or 24/7 every day• Impacts on CBD : competition, lose business,

traffic patterns change• Impacts on suburbs: congestion, noise + air

pollution

E-tailing : online shopping

• How will online shopping change our shopping experiences?

• How will e-tailing change retail provision?

• Most brands now available online, e.g. Virgin Megastore, Tesco, Topshop, etc. .

Winners and losers. • Which types of shops and services have the

most to gain and most to lose from selling goods online?

Clone towns?

• A clone town is when a town has mostly the same multinational company chains of shops, cafes and restaurants as in other towns and cities

• Key term: MNC (Multinational Company)

Retail provision change

• Active Reading

• Read through the photocopy sheets on changing retail

• Convert the information into a mind-map / flowchart (include: clone towns, e-tailing, ethical trading, supermarkets, etc.)

Exam Q

• Describe two changes in retail provision and how they have affected the quality of life of people. [6marks]

Settlement size vs Retail Provision

• Use the map

• Find different sized settlements on the map (hamlet, village, town, city)

• Count how many services are available at each

• Make a table to compare what is available where

Exam Q

• Describe and explain how retail service provision changes with settlement size. [4marks]