Retail in Sicily: an Overall View
In Sicily, the retail sector shows changes both from a structural point of view, with an increase in large-scale distribution at the expense of small businesses, and spatially, through the transfer of many commercial activities to the suburbs of cities or to extra-urban areas. This is a phenomenon t...
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| author | Girolamo Cusimano Salvatore Cannizzaro Maurizio Giannone Donatella Privitera |
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| description | In Sicily, the retail sector shows changes both from a structural point of view, with an increase in large-scale distribution at the expense of small businesses, and spatially, through the transfer of many commercial activities to the suburbs of cities or to extra-urban areas. This is a phenomenon that can also be observed in the rest of the country. The analysis of the most recent statistics in the sector, however, seems to highlight a significant flexibility of a part of the fabric of Sicilian commercial enterprises due to the widespread presence of small commercial businesses on the regional territory. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5eb1a6a242554ab681bae24f44eceaad2025-08-02T09:06:48ZengFirenze University PressBollettino della Società Geografica Italiana1121-78202021-06-01310.36253/bsgi-1002Retail in Sicily: an Overall ViewGirolamo Cusimano0Salvatore Cannizzaro1Maurizio Giannone2Donatella Privitera3Dipartimento di Culture e Società, Università di PalermoDipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche, Università di CataniaDipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università di PalermoDipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Università di CataniaIn Sicily, the retail sector shows changes both from a structural point of view, with an increase in large-scale distribution at the expense of small businesses, and spatially, through the transfer of many commercial activities to the suburbs of cities or to extra-urban areas. This is a phenomenon that can also be observed in the rest of the country. The analysis of the most recent statistics in the sector, however, seems to highlight a significant flexibility of a part of the fabric of Sicilian commercial enterprises due to the widespread presence of small commercial businesses on the regional territory.https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/1002large-scale organized distributionsuburbslocalizationmicro-enterprisesflexibility |
| spellingShingle | Girolamo Cusimano Salvatore Cannizzaro Maurizio Giannone Donatella Privitera Retail in Sicily: an Overall View Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana large-scale organized distribution suburbs localization micro-enterprises flexibility |
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| topic | large-scale organized distribution suburbs localization micro-enterprises flexibility |
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