Check out the website for Geography 378: Retail and Service Location

(a class at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point)

From the course website:

The text for this course is: Also a number of reading materials will be put on reserve. You will need the following material:

Main Text
Birkin, M., G. Clarke and M. Clarke 2005. Retail Geography & Intelligent Network Planning. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Additional Material

The following books will be available on reserve.
Daniels, P. W. 1985 Service Industries: A Geographical Appraisal. London: Methuen.
Daniels, P. W. 1993 Service Industries In The World Economy. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Fenker, R. M. 1996. The Site Book: A Field Guide to Commercial Real Estate Evaluation. Fort Worth, TX: Mesa House Publishing.
Ghosh, A and McLafferty, S. L. 1987 Location Strategies for Retail and Service Firms. Lexington: D. C. Heath and Company.
Jones, K and Simmons, J. 1990 The Retail Environment. London and New York: Routledge.
Riddle, D. I. 1986 Service-led Growth: The Role of Service Sector in World Development. New York: Praeger.
Salvaneschi, L 2002 Location, Location, Location: How to Select the Best Site For Your Business. Grants Pass, OR: Oasis Press.

There will also a lab manual containing Retail and Service Location exercises.

... cf. Bismarck -- "Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit from the experiences of others."

(I found this website by looking at "referral" results on how people clicked into the webpage for the blog. It can be quite fascinating.)

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