GGR252H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Douche, Avian Influenza, Banana Republic
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Focus levels of concentration: spatial concentration gta and suburbs. New entries to market, us enter through ontario: concentration of ownership. Fewer and fewer ownership, huge large corporation that control all. They have segmented the stores but they are all controlled by a few. Even if assume competition same corporations own the store. Increase in us investment in retail since 1990" - nafta. Problem = not apparent to consumers / no real competition if owned by same. Interconnected, change in format is new big box stores and emergence of power centres. Puts pressure on department stores and independent owned stores. Most of big box stores are suburbanized, lots of cheap and available land, - population structure: suburbanized, young family, middle class, disposable income. Not part of large corporate structure, no retail chain and not hugely specialized. Out of business, franchisee, can"t compete with retail chains and specialized retail chains. Cause is a small market and little bargaining power with suppliers.
