<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the paper is to summarise the development of shopping centres and their current locations, types and sizes in Warsaw and Bratislava using a comparative analysis method. Both cities are situated in post-communist countries where the transformation of the retail sector shows many similarities. Before the 1990s, globalisation processes could not be observed in the retail sector in either of these countries. After the 1990s, some new forms of retailing started to appear in both Warsaw and Bratislava. Supermarkets, hypermarkets and modern shopping centres came to existence as a new form of retailing which influenced other traditional forms of retailing in these cities.</p></abstract>

The aim of the paper is to summarise the development of shopping centres and their current locations, types and sizes in Warsaw and Bratislava using a comparative analysis method. Both cities are situated in post-communist countries where the transformation of the retail sector shows many similarities. Before the 1990s, globalisation processes could not be observed in the retail sector in either of these countries. After the 1990s, some new forms of retailing started to appear in both Warsaw and Bratislava. Supermarkets, hypermarkets and modern shopping centres came to existence as a new form of retailing which influenced other traditional forms of retailing in these cities.

Shopping Centres in Warsaw and Bratislava: A Comparative Analysis

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies Department of Urban Geography and Spatial Management

Faculty of Natural Science Department of Regional Geography, Protection and Planning the Landscape

Miscellanea Geographica

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The aim of the paper is to summarise the development of shopping centres and their current locations, types and sizes in Warsaw and Bratislava using a...

Shopping Centres in Warsaw and Bratislava: A Comparative Analysis

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 229 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0022

Keywords
shopping centre, retailing, globalisation, Warsaw, Bratislava

© 2010 Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Shopping Centres in Warsaw and Bratislava: A Comparative Analysis

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 229 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0022

Keywordsshopping centre, retailing, globalisation, Warsaw, Bratislava

© 2010 Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
shopping centre, retailing, globalisation, Warsaw, Bratislava