Professor Leigh Sparks
University of Stirling
Professor, Business & Management
United Kingdom
My co-authors include
Professor Steve Burt
Betty Chesire
Mbaye Fall Diallo
My Publications
YouTube Vloggers as Brand Influencers on Consumer Purchase Behaviour
Journal of Intercultural Management
September 2020
Putting Towns on the Policy Map: Understanding Scottish Places (USP)
Scottish Affairs
August 2018
Impact of a targeted direct marketing price promotion intervention (Buywell) on food-pu...
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
February 2017
The influence of image and consumer factors on store brand choice in the Brazilian market
European Business Review
August 2015
Consumer dominant value creation
European Journal of Marketing
April 2015
Developing CSR in professional football clubs: drivers and phases
Corporate Governance
April 2015
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
January 2015
Retailing Evolution
January 2015
Format and Channel Evolution in Wholesaling: Industry Architecture and the Emergence of...
January 2015
Far from the ‘Magic of the Mall’: Retail (Change) in ‘Other Places’
Scottish Geographical Journal
March 2012
Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management
Supply Chain Management An International Journal
June 2011
Settling for second best?
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
February 2011
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications in the G-25 football clubs
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing
January 2011
The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) and retail research output
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
December 2010
Retail logistics in the UK: past, present and future
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
October 2010
Twenty years after
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
February 2010
Retailing in the United Kingdom - a Synopsis
January 2010
Total quality management in developing countries
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing
November 2009
Reward Redemption Behaviour in Retail Loyalty Schemes
British Journal of Management
June 2009
“It's nice to get a wee treat if you've had a bad week”: Consumer motivations in retail...
Journal of Business Research
May 2009
Development of a service quality scale for pharmaceutical supply chains
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing
April 2009
Variations in fresh fruit and vegetable quality by store type, urban–rural setting and ...
Public Health Nutrition
February 2009
Accessing healthy food: availability and price of a healthy food basket in Scotland
Journal of Marketing Management
November 2008
In brief: the National Retail Planning Forum Briefing Paper series
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
November 2008
Retail-led regeneration and store-switching behaviour
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
July 2008
“Switched”: store‐switching behaviours
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
April 2008
Categorizing patterns and processes in retail grocery internationalisation
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
March 2008
Reducing Inequalities in Health and Diet: Findings from a Study on the Impact of a Food...
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
February 2008
When Tony Met Bobby
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
January 2008
Weaving new retail and consumer landscapes in the Scottish Borders
Journal of Rural Studies
January 2008
International Retail Divestment: Reviews, Case Studies and (E)merging Agenda
January 2008
The evolution of grocery wholesaling and grocery wholesalers in Ireland and Britain sin...
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
September 2007
Validating health impact assessment: Prediction is difficult (especially about the future)
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
January 2007
Interdisciplinary (Retail) Research: The Business of Geography and the Geography of Bus...
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
October 2006
Healthy Cities: The Impact of Food Retail-led Regeneration on Food Access, Choice and R...
Built Environment
November 2005
Retail internationalisation: Marks and Spencer in Hong Kong
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
October 2005
Retail Internationalisation:
European Management Journal
April 2005
Shutting up shop: understanding the international exit process in retailing
Service Industries Journal
April 2005
The International Divestment Activities of European Grocery Retailers
European Management Journal
October 2004
The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2001 and Retail Research Output
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
October 2004
Investment Bank Analysts and Retail Research
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
September 2004
All About Eve?
Journal of Marketing Management
April 2004
Delivering customer loyalty schemes in retailing: exploring the employee dimension
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
April 2004
Food retailers and financial services in the UK: a co‐opetitive perspective
British Food Journal
October 2003
E-commerce and the retail process: a review
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
September 2003
Power and Competition in the UK Retail Grocery Market
British Journal of Management
September 2003
Erratum
Supply Chain Management An International Journal
August 2003
A catalogue of success? Argos and catalogue showroom retailing
Service Industries Journal
March 2003
Retail exchanges: a research agenda
Supply Chain Management An International Journal
March 2003
Retail loyalty schemes: results from a consumer diary study
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
March 2003
Failure in international retailing: research propositions
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
January 2003
“The findings have surprised some shoppers”
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
February 2002
Cataloguing change: Argos catalogues in 1973 and 1998
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
October 2001
The Implications of Wal-Mart's Takeover of ASDA
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
August 2001
Planning for Small-scale Retailing: Evidence from Scotland
Planning Theory & Practice
January 2001
Seven‐Eleven Japan and The Southland Corporation: a marriage of convenience?
International Marketing Review
August 2000
The independent small shop in Scotland: A discussion of roles and problems
Scottish Geographical Journal
January 2000
The role and function of the independent small shop: the situation in Scotland
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
January 2000
Loyalty saturation in retailing: exploring the end of retail loyalty cards?
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
December 1999
Are Loyalty Schemes a Manifestation of Relationship Marketing?
Journal of Marketing Management
July 1999
Performance in Food Retailing: A Cross-national Consideration and Comparison of Retail ...
British Journal of Management
June 1997
From Coca‐colonization to copy‐Cotting: The Cott corporation and retailer brand soft dr...
Agribusiness
March 1997
From Coca-colonization to copy-Cotting: The Cott corporation and retailer brand soft dr...
Agribusiness
March 1997
Investment Recommendations and Commercial Reality in Scottish Grocery Retailing
Service Industries Journal
April 1996
Reciprocal Retail Internationalisation: the Southland Corporation, Ito-Yokado and 7-Ele...
Service Industries Journal
October 1995
Restructuring Scottish grocery retailing: the rise and demise of Shoprite and Wm Low
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
October 1995
Understanding the arrival of limited line discount stores in Britain
European Management Journal
March 1995
Flexibility, labour segmentation and retail superstore managers: the effects of Sunday ...
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
January 1995
Contemporary Developments in Employee Relations in Food Retailing
Service Industries Journal
October 1994
The Logistics Transformation of British Retailing: Concepts and Questions
The International Journal of Logistics Management
July 1994
Structural change in grocery retailing in Great Britain: a discount reorientation?
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
January 1994
SUNDAY WORKING IN THE RETAIL TRADE
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
July 1993
The transformation of physical distribution in retailing: the example of Tesco plc
The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research
January 1993
Customer Service in Retailing—the Next Leap Forward?
Service Industries Journal
April 1992
Car parking standards for retailing: A research note
Journal of Property Research
December 1991
Employment in DIY Superstores
Service Industries Journal
July 1991
Food Superstore Retailing in Great Britain 1960-1986: On the Campaign Trail?
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
January 1990
Spatial-Structural Relationships in Retail Corporate Growth: A Case-Study of Kwik Save ...
Service Industries Journal
January 1990
Planning applications for food superstores 1960–86: Great Britain and South Wales
Land Development Studies
May 1989
The Development of Superstore Retailing in Great Britain 1960-1986: Results from a New ...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
January 1989
Technology and bank marketing information systems
Journal of Marketing Management
January 1988
Retailing in Enterprise Zones: The Example of Swansea
Regional Studies
February 1987
Opportunities for Female Employment in Superstore Retailing
Equal Opportunities International
January 1987
The impact of scanning on employment in UK food stores: A preliminary analysis
Journal of Marketing Management
January 1987
The Importance of Store Operator on Superstore Employment Levels
Service Industries Journal
November 1986
Retail planning policies in Scottish structure plans
Land Development Studies
January 1986
The Changing Structure of Distribution in Retail Companies: An Example from the Grocery...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
January 1986
New technology in UK retailing: Issues and responses
Journal of Marketing Management
January 1986
Retail Employment in the Current Recession
International Journal of Manpower
April 1984
Employment Characteristics of Superstore Retailing
Service Industries Journal
March 1983
Female and Part‐Time Employment within Superstore Retailing
European Journal of Marketing
July 1982
