GEO 301 Lecture Notes - The Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Sobeys
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**read news every week, business (retail section) What is geography: geography affects us, the interaction between people, people and the environment, nothing is by accident. What is marketing: demand (what we spend our money on, supply (visibility of products) Territorial overlap of retailers (cross border shopping) (eaton center vs. Transportation capacity (trunk space, costco (buying in bulk)) Two-tiered: niche market that still exists, (delivered grocery: income & spending. But spending is high (higher housing costs: demographics. Baby boomers attraction(viagara, life insurance commercials: population growth. National scale: low to negative population growth (ex. High population growth through the developed world. Target: . 85 billion to come to canada. Long term choices and decisions being made: demographics-geographic variation. Canada: growth in ontario, but less in maritimes. More growth in 905 region and less in 416 region: demographics-household size. Lone pairing households (divorces, widows, children out of wedlock) The idea of the nuclear family is changing. Married couples reducing in numbers: demographics-segmentations.
