Retailing

Question 1

Fosse Park

Answer 1

• SW Leicester
• Junction of M1 and M69
• 2500 car parking spaces
• new expansion
• 21+ major outlets

Question 2

CBD

Answer 2

central business district found in the middle of urban areas

Question 3

Comparison goods

Answer 3

Goods that are bought less frequently eg cars

-Buyers will tend to compare different brands, shops e.t.c

Question 4

Convenience goods

Answer 4

Goods bought regularly eg food

Question 5

Threshold population

Answer 5

The minimum number of people required for a service to be offered

Question 6

Advantages of the retail in the CBD

Answer 6

• Central
• Good transport
• Large customer base with high footfall
• Everything in one area
• Pretty old buildings

Question 7

Disadvantages of retail in the CBD

Answer 7

• Finite amount of space
• Little room for parking
• Congestion because of small roads
• Higher rent

Question 8

Advantages of retail on Rural urban fringe

Answer 8

• Room to expand
• Cheaper land
• Less traffic
• Access for deliveries

Question 9

Disadvantages of retail on rural urban fringe

Answer 9

• Takes time to access from the inner city
• Urban sprawl
• Planning is hard to obtain
• Less public transport links
• More land needed for car parks

Question 10

Advantages to locals

Answer 10

• new roads and public transport links
• New facilities that can be used
• More jobs
• Increase in local trade

Question 11

Disadvantages to locals

Answer 11

• Increased congestion
• Air, noise and visual pollution
• Loss of greenfield sites
• Possible inflation

Question 12

Impacts on the CBD of out of town retailing

Answer 12

• Less customers
• Stores close
• More short term leases
• Vacant buildings
• Less investment in clean street furniture and public art e.t.c
• crime rates may increase especially at night

Question 13

Location of Merry hill

Answer 13

• Dudley
• Near Birmingham
• west midlands

Question 14

Features of Merry Hill

Answer 14

• Built 1984-89
• Two levels of covered mall
• 10 screen cinema
• 10 000 car parking spaces
• 148, 000m^2 let able area
• 185 shops
• 21 million customers annually

Question 15

Traffic links to merry hill

Answer 15

• Bus station, with direct connections to nearby towns

- Cradley heath railway station nearby

Question 16

Locational features of Merry Hill

Answer 16

• Old steelworks so had relaxed planning
• 10 year period exempt from business rates
• Surrounding haven for wildlife

Question 17

Bluewater shopping centre

Answer 17

• Opened 1999
• M25 in Kent
• Built in former quarry
• 330 shops
• 40 restaurants
• 13 screen cinema
• 7000 employees
• 27 million annual visitors
• 13,000 car park spaces