TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This viewpoint seeks to review the changing environment of shopping spaces in Europe, specifically evaluating factors underpinning development trends. The paper provides a critical overview, staking stock of recent debates in the area of European shopping place development and international retailing. It provides a discussion of themes emerging from the views of expert research‐orientated stakeholders.Design/methodology/approach– Themes were drawn from a survey of a group of 11 expert research‐orientated European shopping centre stakeholders.Findings– Key suggestions centre around issues associated with: people and lifestyle; planning and economics; environment and design, and globalisation. Two seemingly dichotomous trends are discussed; the increasing cross‐border transfer of shopping place forms, and the increasing need for shopping space individualism, identity, integrity and sensitivity to locality.Research limitations/implications– Whilst the authors' recognise that a limited number of experts were consulted the data reveals an important insight into the views of practitioners well‐placed to foresee the future. Further investigations can be envisaged which consult a wider range of views.Originality/value– Takes a pan‐European perspective in order to analyse both the similarities and variations in shopping place development.
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SN  - 1753-8335
DO  - 10.1108/17538330810865372
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17538330810865372
AU  - Myers Hayley
AU  - Gore Julie
AU  - Liu Katherine
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - European shopping centre developments: an industry perspective
T2  - Journal of Place Management and Development
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 109
EP  - 114
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -