| Article ID: | iaor2000725 |
| Country: | Greece |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 177 |
| End Page Number: | 192 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1997 |
| Journal: | Studies In Locational Analysis |
| Authors: | Dorta-Gonzlez Pablo, Santos-Peate Dolores Rosa, Vega Rafael Surez |
| Keywords: | retailing |
The recent increase in new commercial forms (hypermarkets and shopping centres) in Spain has modified the Spanish retail trade. A conflict of interests has arisen involving the customers, the traditional trade, the promoters of new commercial areas and the Administration. In this work, facility location modelling according to legal conditions is used and an application to the Canary Islands retail trade is presented.