To design successful strategies retailers must take into account not only the marketing environment confronting them today but also anticipate possible competitive and demographic changes. This article presents a procedure to help retailers formulate a strategic location plan in a dynamic environment. The procedure involves a model for assessing site desirability, a criterion for selecting among alternative sites, and a heuristic to facilitate the computational procedure. A key element is the use of competitive equilibrium concepts to provide desirable strategies under a variety of future scenarios.
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