Greatbatch, I; (2007) Issues in retail centre definition. Masters thesis , UCL (University College London).

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Retailing is undoubtedly one of the most important sectors of the UK economy. The retail industry employs over 2.7 million people, equivalent to 1 in 9 (11%) of total UK employment, and UK retailing sales were approximately £234 billion in 2002. Despite this, we have not had a national census of retailing distribution published for nearly 30 years. Furthermore, we have little or no comprehensive method for describing the areas within towns that are retailing centres, either in terms of a generally accepted perception or a technical definition This work will seek to investigate this problem and attempt to provide some explanation for why this may be and in the final chapter provide some suggestions as to how they may be remedied. The work as a whole is split into two parts firstly, a "knowledge base" composed of a literature review and the results of a series of interviews conducted with retailing professionals Secondly, an "investigation and analysis" section, which is composed of some geometric analysis and a series of field visits to retail centres to investigate first hand the incongruities of boundary definition.

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