L'insertion des petites villes dans les réseaux nationaux et mondiaux de distribution. L'exemple du Centre-Est français (The inscription of small-sized cities in national and global distribution networks : the example of Centre-Est of France)

摘要

The Second Commercial Revolution is characterized by the location of large distribution networks, for wide selling areas (super and hypermarkets, hard discounters or specialized supermarkets) or small consumer markets (networks of branches, franchising, voluntary chains). These networks, controlled by national or international firms, born in large cities, have spread towards lower- ranked towns. In small-sized cities, they modified traditional distribution systems. This paper aims to understand how these networks settled in small-sized cities and how they strengthened their retailing supply, while reinforcing the small urban centres dependence on metropolitan centres.