TY - JOUR
T1 - Retail location preferences: a comparative analysis
AU - Adeniyi, Oluwole
AU - Brown, Abraham
AU - Whysall, Paul
N1 - Funding information:
Research funded by Nottingham Trent University
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - There is widespread criticism that gambling retailers are concentrated in deprived communities and that the concentration is deliberately targeted. However, this study opines that before deliberate targeting can be supported, a comparative analysis of gambling locations with a more conventional retail group is necessary. Hence this study examined the location preferences of gambling and food and grocery retailers (FGRs) to evaluate the notion of deliberate concentration of gambling retailers in deprived communities. Comparative analyses assessed relationships between FGRs floorspaces and overall gambling locations compared to socio-economic deprivation. Results showed similarities and disparities in retail locations, but gambling provisioning were more concentrated in deprived areas compared to food provisioning. Implications for policy and practice are presented.
AB - There is widespread criticism that gambling retailers are concentrated in deprived communities and that the concentration is deliberately targeted. However, this study opines that before deliberate targeting can be supported, a comparative analysis of gambling locations with a more conventional retail group is necessary. Hence this study examined the location preferences of gambling and food and grocery retailers (FGRs) to evaluate the notion of deliberate concentration of gambling retailers in deprived communities. Comparative analyses assessed relationships between FGRs floorspaces and overall gambling locations compared to socio-economic deprivation. Results showed similarities and disparities in retail locations, but gambling provisioning were more concentrated in deprived areas compared to food provisioning. Implications for policy and practice are presented.
KW - Socio-economic deprivation
KW - Gambling
KW - Food and grocery retailers
KW - Location preference
KW - Binary logistic regression
KW - Geographical information systems
U2 - 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102146
DO - 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102146
M3 - Article
VL - 55
JO - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
JF - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
SN - 0969-6989
M1 - 102146
ER -