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Bigger Stores, More Stores, or No Stores: Paths of Retail Restructuring in Rural America
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Vias, Alexander C. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2004
Changes such as the development of large international retail chains, retail concentration, locational changes, technological innovation, new labor practices, and the increasing scale of individual stores, have revolutionized the retail sector. This broad restructuring will have profound impacts in rural America because employment in retail is a…
Descriptors: Retailing, Technological Advancement, Rural Economics, Rural Development