Location of super and hypermarkets in the city of Ústí nad Labem

Abstract

Retail stores are a common part of our everyday life. We focus on the site selection of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Ústí nad Labem and analyze the role of selected factors that drive the site selection of these super/hypermarkets. The role of the factors is verified by a correlation analysis. In the city of Ústí nad Labem, retail units of the supermarket or hypermarket type are unevenly distributed and are concentrated in the more central areas of the city. The location of stores has no power association with monitored factors. The result is certainly strongly influenced by the lack in availability of relevant data. Key words: retail, location factors, Reilly's model Highlights for public administration, management and planning:• location of retail centers does not display a significant correlation with the number of inhabitants living in a location • commuting distances of retail centers frequently overlap, forcing their competitiveness • future effort must be aimed at database building for analyses of further location factors