Beyond the Retail Store: An Evaluation of Goods Acquisition Practices in British Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods

Colin Williams

The Service Industries Journal, 2002, vol. 22, issue 3, 37-51

Abstract: The aim of this article is to evaluate the extent to which households acquire goods beyond the retail store. To do this, case study evidence is presented of how 400 households in deprived urban neighbourhoods of two British cities acquire six goods with varying unit costs. This reveals not only their widespread dependency on modes of goods acquisition beyond the retail store but also, contrary to contemporary consumption studies, how this is a result of their lack of choice rather than a matter of choice. The article concludes by examining the policy implications of these findings.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1080/714005081

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