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Canada's Leading Retailers - Latest Trends and Strategies: 6th Edition

By Christopher DanielDr. Tony Hernandez and Joseph Aversa

This report provides insight into the trends and strategies of Canada's Top 118 retail corporations for Fiscal 2006.  The research reflects the...

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Defining Power Retailing

By Dr. Tony Hernandez and Jim Simmons

The Canadian retail landscape has been transformed over the last decade by waves of development of power centres.  At the CSCA, we...

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Places to Shop and Places to Grow

By Dr. Tony Hernandez and Ron Buliung

This report is a pioneering effort to juxtapose information on travel patterns in the Greater Toronto Area with information on the distribution...

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Implications of Demographic Change for the Retail and Service Sector

By Dr. Tony Hernandez and Doug Norris

Canada's demography is changing.  The population is ageing.  Our multicultural nation is increasingly relying on immigration to sustain growth.  The divide between...

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The Changing Face of the Shopping Mall

By Dr. Tony Hernandez, Brian Lorch, and Paul Du

This article examines the strategies being employed by Canadian shopping mall management in response to the widespread development and growing...

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Market Thresholds of Major Retail Chains in Canada: 2nd Edition

By Dr. Tony Hernandez and Magnus Svindal

This research letter examines the spatial distribution of major chains across Canada by size of 'market' (and is an update to our...

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The Next Digital Divide: Online Social Network Privacy

By Dr. Tony Hernandez, Avner Levin, Mary Foster, Bettina West, Mary Jo Nicholson, and Wendy Cukier

Privacy issues are increasingly impacting the way in which goods and services are...

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Going Green: The Implications of Sustainability for Commercial Activities

By Jim Simmons and Shizue Kamikihara

'Green retailing' has become the latest buzz-term within the retail industry.  The numerous ways in which contemporary consumption impact climate and environmental change (e.g.,...

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Power Retail Growth in Canada and the GTA: 2007

By Dr. Tony Hernandez, Tansel Erguden and Magnus Svindal

The evolution of power retailing has been the focus of numerous CSCA reports over the last decade.  The development and...

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