Research Insights Archive

Retail Border Wars III: Case Studies of International Retailers Operating in Canada

By Wendy Evans and Steven Cox

No Canadian retailer is immune to the effects of global competition.  Seventy of the top 100 retailers in the world now have international operations. ...

Internet Retailing: Current Hype or Future Reality

By Dr. Ken Jones and Marco Biasiotto

Electronic non-store retailing has the potential to reshape the contemporary retail landscape, whether it be CD-ROM catalogues, cyber-shopping malls,...

Retail Border Wars II: Canadian Cases in International Retailing

By Wendy Evans

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

The Functional Reconfiguration of a Financial Services Delivery Network

 - Consumer Activity Based Spatial Interaction Modelling Applied to an Alternative Approach to Delivery Planning

By Wayne Cardwell

The financial services industry is becoming more...

The Structure of the British Rail System

By Steve Burt, Alan Hallsworth, Jonathan Reynolds

Even though retailing is becoming more global, local retail systems are influenced to an inordinate degree by national cultural, institutional and...

Retail Opportunities in the People's Republic of China

By Yin-She Sun

 Retailing is growing rapidly in China, significantly affecting the national economy as well as the daily life of over a billion people.  Retailing, which...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Commercial Structure of Hong Kong

By Jim Simmons and Shizue Kamikihara

This report is the second in a series of case studies undertaken as part of the CSCA's project on the Competitive Position of Canadian...

Barcelona: The Commercial Structure

By Jim Simmons and Shizue Kamikihara

This report is the fourth in a series of case studies undertaken as part of the Centre's project on the Competitive Position of Canadian...

The Management and Evaluation of Shopping Centre Mall Dynamics and Competitive Positioning Using a GIS Technology

Dr. Ken Jones, Michael Pearce and Marco Biasiotto

This research paper examines the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to the management of the regional shopping centre.  The paper...

Location-Allocation Models for Retail Site Selection

By Anthony C. Lea and Jim Simmons

This research paper introduces readers to the practical applicatios of location-allocation (L-A) models in the site selection process of retail chains.

Location-allocation modelling...

Commercial Opportunites in Mexico City

By Jim Simmons and Wendy Evans

This paper presents the result of two separate investigations of the Mexican market in order to give a timely look at a market that...

New Formats In The Canadian Retail Economy

By Dr. Ken Jones, Wendy Evans and Christine Smith

The late 1980s and early 1990s witnessed a series of fundamental structural changes that have altered North American retailing.  One major...

Commercial Activities In Canada: 1993

By Jim Simmons

The CSCA's inaugural publication illustrates the centre's commitment to raise awareness of the importance of the retail and service sectors within the economy.  This handy reference source...