ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Retail Competition and Consumer Choice, 2002-2004 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5049</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Clarke, I.<br>Lancaster University. Management School. Department of Marketing<br>Jackson, P.<br>University of Sheffield. Department of Geography<br>Hallsworth, A.<br>Manchester Metropolitan University. Business School. Department of Retailing and Marketing<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> December 2004 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Clarke, I., Jackson, P. and Hallsworth, A., <i> Retail Competition and Consumer Choice, 2002-2004</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], December 2004. SN: 5049, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5049-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> I. Clarke, P. Jackson and A. Hallsworth </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5049 . Retail Competition and Consumer Choice, 2002-2004<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Clarke, I. , Lancaster University. Management School. Department of Marketing</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Clarke, I. , Lancaster University. Management School. Department of Marketing</h5> <h5>Jackson, P. , University of Sheffield. Department of Geography</h5> <h5>Hallsworth, A. , Manchester Metropolitan University. Business School. Department of Retailing and Marketing</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> <i class='myclass'> Grant Number:</i> R000239531 </H5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>Dr. Ronan de Kervenoael, Research Associate, Lancaster University Management School, Department of Marketing. Responsible for the quantitative phase of the project under the supervision of Professor Ian Clarke and Professor Alan Hallsworth.<br> <br> Dr. Rossana Perez-del-Aguila, Research Associate, University of Sheffield, Geography Department. Responsible for the qualitative phase of the project under the supervision of Professor Peter Jackson.<br><br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This project addressed the implication of the growth in concentration in food retailing in the UK  resulting from the consolidation and small store decline over the long term - with reference to its impact on consumer choice. The reference point of the study was the UK Competition Commission (2000) conclusion that the degree to which consumers will have adequate choice will depend on local circumstances. The project addressed this specific issue by exploring changing retail provision between 1980 and 2002 in an  average situation (Portsmouth), where extensive, large scale quantitative surveys of shopping behaviour were combined with qualitative studies to provide a richer understanding of different households' use and experiences of local retail provision.<br> <br> The baseline for the core of the study was the replication of a survey conducted in Portsmouth by Hallsworth and reported in: Hallsworth, A.G. (1988) <i>The human impact of hypermarkets and superstores</i>, Aldershot: Avebury. In addition, the approach and conceptual framework of the research were informed by two particular prior publications from members of the research team:<br> <li>Clarke, I (2000) 'Retail power, competition and local consumer choice in the UK grocery sector' <i>European Journal of Marketing</i>, 34(8), pp.975-1002;</li><br> <li>Miller, D. et al (1998) <i>Shopping, place and identity</i>, London, Routledge.</li></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>This data collection comprises the qualitative and quantitative data from the project 'Retail Competition and Consumer Choice'. The data were gathered between 2002 and 2004 in the Portsmouth area. The quantitative data comprises two files which include the variables and coding from two surveys: the first survey was carried out at supermarkets' sites and the second survey took the form of a postal questionnaire distributed by hand to residents' homes in the study area (Portsmouth).<br> <br> The qualitative data collection comprises:<br> <li>eight transcriptions of accompanied shopping trips;</li><br> <li>eight transcriptions of kitchen visits to 10 participants in eight households located in Paulsgrove and Purbrook, two contrasting neighbourhoods in the Portsmouth area.</li><br> <br> For both sets of transcriptions, the original observation and interview guides are included. Guides for the accompanied shopping trips were customised to each participant. Each guide includes also a summary of the first accompanied shopping trip and the diary that participants completed during 10 days. The guide for the kitchen visit was the same for all participants.<br> <br> Standard Measures:<br> Likert Scales were applied in the quantitative phase.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> Some information in the interview transcripts covers previous shopping habits prior to the opening of some supermarket stores in the area. <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 2002 - 2004 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Geography: </i> Portsmouth; Hampshire <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Areas of Portsmouth characterised by relative affluence (quantitative files only) <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> The quantitative surveys were conducted with supermarket shoppers, and the qualitative research with persons responsible for their household's main grocery shopping, resident in Portsmouth between 2002 and 2004 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Simple random sample; Purposive selection/case studies <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> Store survey: 2594 target, 2515 obtained. Area survey: 2000 target, 430 obtained. Household case studies: 8. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Postal survey; Observation; Semi-structured interview transcripts; Interview summaries; Observation field notes (included with transcripts). <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> No weighting used (quantitative data), not applicable (qualitative data) </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 7 December 2004<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> I. Clarke, P. Jackson and A. Hallsworth</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>