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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 0959-0552
- DOI
- 10.1108/EUM0000000002950
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Abstract
Looking beyond and beneath the shortterm effects ofthe 19901991 recession, the general trends taking place in Americanretailing as it enters the third year of the 1990s are reviewed. Theseinclude the effects of demographic changes, the significance ofretailing in the economy, specialisation, value retailing,merchandise scrambling, the increasing segmentation ofretail offers, the decline of the American departmentstore, the hangover from the 1980s spacerace, the continued decentralisation of retail floorspace, theimpacts of LBO debt problems, a return to basics, storelocalising, the internationalisation ofAmerican retailing, and the contributions of information technology. Inconclusion, a brief prognosis is given for the remainder of the 1990s.
Journal
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jun 1, 1991