China's new retail economy : a geographic perspective /

Retail is the essential link between production and consumption. The dynamics of a nation's economy cannot be fully understood without a good understanding of its retail sector. This book is written to achieve three broad objectives. First, it provides a comprehensive assessment of the changes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Shuguang
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Routledge advances in geography ; 11.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction; 2 The Consumer Market: Size, Consumption Patterns, and Regional Variations; 3 Building a Modern Regulatory Regime; 4 Trajectories of Growth and Changes in Retail Structure; 5 Penetrating the Great Wall and Conquering the Middle Kingdom; 6 Nurturing National Champions; 7 The Setback of Best Buy and Media Markt: An Analysis of China's Consumer Electronics Retailing
  • 8 Development of Shopping Centers as New Consumption Space9 Luxury Retailing; 10 Conclusions; Appendix 1: Cluster Analysis of the Chinese Cities; Appendix 2: The Hierarchy of China's Urban Markets by City Tier, 2010 (with Data for City Proper); Notes; References; Index