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Streetlife
Urban Retail Dynamics and Prospects
Conrad Kickert (Edited by), Emily Talen (Edited by)
9781487507138
Hardback, published 19 January 2023
368 pages, 38 b&w illustrations, 15 b&w maps, 39 b&w figures, 33 b&w tables
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 kg
Our street-level economy is undergoing dramatic change. Retailers are reeling from the rise of e-commerce, rising rents, and increasing storefront vacancies, along with a cultural shift from material to experiential consumerism. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to economic upheaval as commercial corridors and the small businesses they house face sweeping closures, bankruptcy, and job losses. Streetlife brings together scholars who have been trying to make sense of the changing retail landscape at street level and what it means for urbanism’s future. Streetlife pays special attention to the varied responses and policies that have emerged to address the competing realities of small business loss and neighbourhood needs. With case studies from the United States, as well as contributions covering Canada and Europe, this book demystifies the logic behind street-level urban retail and calls for better plans, designs, policies, and innovations to bolster sales. Streetlife shows that now, more than ever before, we need to understand what makes our storefronts tick, what awaits them, and what we can do as planners, designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to maintain retail as integral to urban lifestyle.
Introduction: The Urban Retail Predicament Retail Trends and Transformations The Life and Death of Retail: Insights from Firm Demography The Ups and Downs of Retail, 2000–2015 Commercial Gentrification: What Happens to Businesses and Services when the Neighborhood Changes? The Case of E-Commerce Bricks and Clicks The Changing Demand for Urban Retail Space: Evidence from Canada Online Sales and the British Urban Retail Hierarchy The Survival of Mom-and-Pops Small Business Survival: How and Why? Can Mom and Pop Stores Survive? A Survey of Small Retailers in Chicago What’s in a Chain?: On Hipness, Corporate Stores, and False Dichotomies in Urban Life Retail, Place, and Place-Making Retail Scenes Main Street Morphology, Adaptability, and Resilience Retail in the Mix Toward Solutions Curating Main Streets: The Factors of Success The Spatial Logic of Urban Retail The Future of American Urban Retail Real Estate Conclusion: Urban Retail Redefined
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