Transcript Learning Objective - OCR B Geography GCSE 2014-2015

Case Study of
Changing retail
Functions ( changing
shops) in Leicester
1971 - Haymarket
First shopping centre built in
Leicester, built on the site of
the old Hay market.
Why
1. Businesses benefit from
increased shoppers
2. All under 1 roof so
increased safety and do
not get effected by the
weather
 Recently this has seen decline.
 Although today still has 58 stores,
the anchor ones being H&M,
Primark and TKMaxx
1989 Fosse Park
Opened due to close links with centre, M1
and M69 – so easy to access
Also had plenty of flat cheap land to build on
Many customers lived in the rural urban
fringe where this is located
Flagship store Marks and Spencers
1992 – The
Shires
 Opened to help the ageing Haymarket
 Flagship stores House of Fraser and Debenhams
Why
 Hoped it would attract shoppers back into the city
centre due to Fosse park and sub + counter
urbanisation
 Wanted to create employment in city centre to
attract back in businesses
 Make the city more compact so people travel less
and it helps contribute less to climate change
2008 - Highcross
 Was a further extension and
rebranding of the Shires
 Attempt to attract shoppers back
into the Leicester
 Development linked with leisure
facilities and new cinema
 Flagship store John Lewis
Footage on the Highcross
Possible exam question on this
Why?
‘for a location you have studied describe and
explain how the retail functions have changed
over time’ (8)