An Alternative Approach to Trade Area Analysis

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Abstract
Trade area analysis is widely used to help local decision makers assess commercial sector performance. Two trade area analysis tools, trade area capture and pull factors, have been used to judge a community's current and potential commercial sector activity. This paper demonstrates how the pull factor can be reduced to a location quotient formulation that is less complex and data intensive, easier to explain and understand, and yields added information about commercial sector performance.