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Choice Of Location For Retail Businesses

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  • Drago Pupavac

    (Veleuciliste u Rijeci)

  • Slavica Obradovic

    (Veleuciliste u Pozegi)

  • Marija Baburic

    (Veleuciliste „Nikola Tesla" u Gospicu)

Abstract

Location selection is one of the key success factors of retail businesses. Location determines the number of contacts with customers, business volume and total income of retail business. To prove the hypothesis of location as the decisive factor in retail businesses, the following paper apllied scientific analysis and synthesis methods, mathematical methods and methods of interviewing. The obtained findings are based on the analysis of supermarkets locations in towns Gospiæ and Poþega. The purpose of analysis of these practical examples is to examine to what extent retail businesses use locat ion as a means of competit ive advantage, while the method of interviewing is an attempt to answer the question of importance of location for customers when deciding on the place of purchase.

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  • Drago Pupavac & Slavica Obradovic & Marija Baburic, 2013. "Choice Of Location For Retail Businesses," Business Logistics in Modern Management, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Croatia, vol. 13, pages 103-111.
    • Handle: RePEc:osi:bulimm:v:13:y:2013:p:103-111
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