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Record Nr.

UNISA996492067103316

Autore

Kunc Josef

Titolo

Thirty years of retail transformation in V4 countries / / Josef Kunc, Markéta Novotná, František Križan, Kristína Bilková, Tamás Sikos T., Dariusz Ilnicki, Ryan Wyeth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warsaw ; ; Berlin : , : Sciendo, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

83-67405-06-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Content -- 1 Thirty years of post-socialist retail transformation in Central Europe -- 2 The transformation of Czech retail -- 3 The transformation of Slovak retail -- 4 The transformation of Hungarian retail -- 5 The transformation of Poland retail -- 6 Socio-economic challenges in retailing: past experience and future perspectives -- 7 Details and differences in retail transformation in the V4 countries: Concluding comments -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT AUTHORS -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The book presents a comprehensive view of the development and transformation of retail in the Central European region, specifically in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary (so-called Visegrad Group countries, Visegrad Four or V4 countries). These countries have long-term common historical ties and culture. Their socialist history still united them by common economic and geopolitical interests. The aim of the book is to provide readers with a deeper insight into the retail environment of the V4 countries, which is linked to three decades of post-socialist transformation. This transformation has been associated with a fundamental change in the economic environment, localization strategies, and spatial distribution, creating a new network structure with new catchment and commuting links. It has also been associated with the development of large retail units and a fundamental change in shopping behaviour and consumer preferences of the



affected populations by restricting purposeful shopping only and moving to entertainment and leisure in shopping centres. The book also reflects current trends in the use of smart technologies in shopping and responds to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on today's retail.