| Shopping Areas in any MEDC city (case study CARDIFF) | |||
| CBD Central Business District | Suburban Shopping Street or Corner shop | Supermarket | Retail Park |
| Which labels go with which type of shopping area heading? Draw up a table matching them up. | |||
| only one, located in the city centre | buy a lottery ticket, top-up the mobile and get cash back at the check out. | buy bananas, chocolate, a pre-packed sandwich, a bottle of wine if you look over 21. | Comparison shops like high fashion / furniture |
| sub-Post Office, grocer, bakers, newsagent | Comparison goods like high fashion / furniture | no 'hoodies' | open '7 'til 11'? |
| Happy Shopper and Spar. | massive car park | Small DVD rental | Losing trade: in decline |
| Especially busy evenings, weekends, bank holidays | takeaway food - fish and chips, Chinese, Kebab etc. | covered malls / precincts | out -of town location |
| multistorey car parks | multiscreen cinema, Pizza Hut, MegaBowl | hairdressers and now nail treatments too. | easy to get to if you have a car |
| close to motorway or to roundabout on dual carriageway | even distributed around the city | people can travel from 40 miles away to shop here (in cars only) | scan the items for yourself |
| Poor access by public transport | things to do day and night | sorry no credit. cash only | central bus and train station nearby |
| in competition with supermarkets | free car parking | in competition with the suburban shops | can be open 24 hours a day Monday to Saturday |
| in competition with the CBD | fill up the car with petrol | pubs, restaurants, cinema, theatre | modern facilities - out of the rain. |
| pedestrianised zone | a superstore, furniture stores, M&S, etc. | good facilities for the disabled or for couples with kids, | need £1 coin to get a trolley |
| you can't find tabasco sauce - but it is there in aisle 13 | stores will deliver up to 40 miles away | competes with retail parks | distributed in all districts of the city - so evenly spread |