Big-box retail entry in urban and rural areas: are there productivity spillovers to incumbent retailers?. Issue 1 (1st January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Håkansson, Johan; Li, Yujiao; Mihaescu, Oana; Rudholm, Niklas
• Is Part Of: International review of retail, distribution and consumer research. Volume 29:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 23
• Page End: 45
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Subjects: IKEA; Big-box entry -- retail productivity -- retail entry subsidies -- agglomeration; Retail trade -- Periodicals; Physical distribution of goods -- Periodicals; Consumers -- Research -- Periodicals; 381.1
• DOI: 10.1080/09593969.2018.1562956
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-3969

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper empirically measures the potential spillover effects of big-box retail entry on the productivity of incumbent retailers in the entry regions, and investigates whether the effects differ depending on the size of the new establishment relative to the size of the local market. The results indicate that big-box entry increases the productivity of incumbent stores in two of three rural entry regions where the IKEA is large relative to the local retail market, while no productivity spillover effects could be found in the case of the urban IKEA entry in Gothenburg.