Abstract
The retail network as a variable subsystem of a cultural landscape is an important feature of the settlement system and the inner structure of the settlements. In the urban environment of post-socialist countries under the influence of globalization the retail network belongs to the most dynamic elements. Our goal is to identify the spatial configuration of demographic and retail indicators. Data obtained from field passportization were processed by using statistical-mathematical methods. We also deal with the processes and specifics of the retail network of the city of Žilina, which impact on the modeling of its spatial structure, polycentrism, increase of disparities, and commercial suburbanization. The development of the retail network in the city of Žilina is significantly influenced by the following factors: purchasing power of residents, globalization impacts of supranational retail chains´ entrance, accessibility, synergy effect, development of new retail forms, and self-government policies. The paper is part of a broader research into the retail network of large cities in Slovakia. The research has been carried out with the same methodology as in the two regional cities of Nitra and Trnava. The automotive industry as an important economic factor is the common feature of all of them.
Highlights
Among the anticipated trends of the 21st century are, besides technological, climate and socio-demographic changes, changes in spatial development, caused by a change in the behavior of residents in spending their free time, shopping, beauty salons, special healthy services, traveling for work and others
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Summary
Among the anticipated trends of the 21st century are, besides technological, climate and socio-demographic changes, changes in spatial development, caused by a change in the behavior of residents in spending their free time, shopping, beauty salons, special healthy services, traveling for work and others. Future cities will be networked, represented by shortened material and organizational distances These conditions determine the new nature of retail sales processes, affecting retail networks at different speeds and at different levels. In particular retailers, who run small-scale as well as large-scale brick and mortar stores, are forced to continually improve the quality of their sales services, modify existing offers and create new business formats to reflect and adapt to changing consumer demands. They are introducing new technologies that are starting to play a significant role. The retail network is very sensitive to changes in the social and economic situation of consumers
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