Ann Everton & David Hughes 
Studies in Public Law and the Retail Sector 

This title was first published in 2000: Part 1 Shifting patterns of retailing – a journey to and through the ‚golden age‘: highlights of the earlier history; the post-war decades – the “50s, “60s and “70s; the ‚retail revolution‘ of the “80s – the creation of the ‚golden age‘; the early and middle “90s – less certain times…and a ‚watershed‘. Part 2 Planning control and retail developments: the policy; policy into practice – the law in operation. Part 3 Competition law and policy and retailing: preliminary observations; the domestic law – up to the Competition Act 1998; domestic law reform – the new Act; the European law; the approach to price discrimination and mergers; a consideration of certain further major issues. A postscript – in the ‚millennium spirit‘.