Research Insights Archive

Our History of Research

Commercial Structure of the Greater Toronto Area

By Dr. Jim Simmons, Marco Biasiotto, Dan Montgomery, Mark Robinson and Sara Simmons

 The 1995 version of the CSCA annual handbook focuses on Canada's largest market, the...

Free

Read More

The Diversity of Retail Strips in Metropolitan Toronto

By Teresa Sinopoli

 

This study uses 38 variables that describe the 170 retail strips in Metro Toronto as inputs to a cluster analysis.  The...

Free

Read More

Retail Border Wars: Winning the International Retail Race

By Wendy Evans

The North American retail industry, including Canada, the United States and Mexico has undergone significant change over the last decade, and particularly over the last five years. ...

Free

Read More

New Development Patterns of Chinese Commercial Activity in the Toronto CMA

By Dr. Shuguang Wang

 This research is a case study of ethnic Chinese commercial activity in Toronto.  IT was undertaken for two reasons.  First, the...

Free

Read More

Green Retailing: Source of Sources

By Hersch Jacobs

The following report considers the evolution of green retailing in order to provide an overview of this practice.  It is intended primarily...

Free

Read More

Improved Profits Via Improved Salesforce Selection: Using the "Ingleton Method"

By Colin Ingleton and Alan Hallsworth

 This CSCA monograph is a collaboration between a geographer and a business psychologist.  The prime aim is to introduce to retailers...

Free

Read More

Business Applications for GIS Technology: A Canadian Perspective

By Lee Feliciano

This paper is a distillation of the thoughts of industry practitioners concerning the current status of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology in Canada.  It is intended to...

Free

Read More

By Year