Reading Retail

<p>Reading Retail captures contemporary debates on the geography of retailing and consumption spaces. It is constructed around a series of 'readings' from key works, and is designed to encourage readers to develop a sense of engagement with the rapidly evolving debates in this field. More than 60 edited readings are integrated into the text, providing a guided route map through the literature and into the study of the geographies of retailing and consumption. The volume also introduces readers to the exciting and interdisciplinary developments unfolding in the 'new retail geography', drawing on up-to-the-minute research material from areas ranging from anthropology to business studies, and tackling issues as diverse as retail internationalization and e-commerce.<br><br><br><br>Reading Retail is unique in bringing together a huge range of perspectives on retailing and consumption spaces and will provide a key source text for students in this field.</p> <p>Part 1 <b>Introduction. Reading Retail: purpose and organization of the book</b><br> Part 2 <b>Setting the scene: retail dynamics. Reconfiguration of corporate structures in retailing</b><br><b>Reconfiguration of retailer-supply chain interfaces</b><br><b>Organizational and technological transformations in retail distribution</b><br><b>Changing retail employment relations</b><br><b>Retail regulation and governance</b><br> Part 3 <b>Making and re-making the geographies of retail capital. The inconstant geography and spatial switching of retail capital 1: urban issues</b><br><b>The inconstant geography and spatial switching of retail capital 2: regional issues and internationalization</b><br><b>The configuration, manipulation and contestation of retail space</b><br> Part 4 <b>Consumption places and spaces. The street</b><br><b>The store</b><br><b>The mall</b><br><b>The home. Indexes</b></p>