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  1. YouTube Vloggers as Brand Influencers on Consumer Purchase Behaviour

    Article • Journal of Intercultural Management, September 2020, De Gruyter

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Betty Chesire

  2. Putting Towns on the Policy Map: Understanding Scottish Places (USP)

    Article • Scottish Affairs, August 2018, Edinburgh University Press

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  3. Impact of a targeted direct marketing price promotion intervention (Buywell) on food-purchasing behaviour by low income consumers: a randomised controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  4. The influence of image and consumer factors on store brand choice in the Brazilian market

    Article • European Business Review, August 2015, Emerald

    Mbaye Fall Diallo, Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  5. Consumer dominant value creation

    Article • European Journal of Marketing, April 2015, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Emeritus Christian Grönroos

  6. Developing CSR in professional football clubs: drivers and phases

    Article • Corporate Governance, April 2015, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Stephen Morrow

  7. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

    Article • January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  8. Retailing Evolution

    Article • January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  9. Format and Channel Evolution in Wholesaling: Industry Architecture and the Emergence of New Forms

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  10. Far from the ‘Magic of the Mall’: Retail (Change) in ‘Other Places’

    Article • Scottish Geographical Journal, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  11. Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management

    Article • Supply Chain Management An International Journal, June 2011, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor David B Grant

  12. Settling for second best?

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, February 2011, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  13. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications in the G-25 football clubs

    Article • International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  14. The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) and retail research output

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  15. Retail logistics in the UK: past, present and future

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, October 2010, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  16. Twenty years after

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  17. Retailing in the United Kingdom - a Synopsis

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Christoph Teller, Professor Steve Burt

  18. Total quality management in developing countries

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, November 2009, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  19. Reward Redemption Behaviour in Retail Loyalty Schemes

    Article • British Journal of Management, June 2009, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  20. “It's nice to get a wee treat if you've had a bad week”: Consumer motivations in retail loyalty scheme points redemption

    Article • Journal of Business Research, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  21. Development of a service quality scale for pharmaceutical supply chains

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, April 2009, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  22. Variations in fresh fruit and vegetable quality by store type, urban–rural setting and neighbourhood deprivation in Scotland

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, February 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor David W Marshall

  23. Accessing healthy food: availability and price of a healthy food basket in Scotland

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, November 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor David W Marshall

  24. In brief: the National Retail Planning Forum Briefing Paper series

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, November 2008, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  25. Retail-led regeneration and store-switching behaviour

    Article • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  26. “Switched”: store‐switching behaviours

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, April 2008, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  27. Categorizing patterns and processes in retail grocery internationalisation

    Article • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  28. Reducing Inequalities in Health and Diet: Findings from a Study on the Impact of a Food Retail Development

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, February 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  29. When Tony Met Bobby

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, January 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  30. Weaving new retail and consumer landscapes in the Scottish Borders

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  31. International Retail Divestment: Reviews, Case Studies and (E)merging Agenda

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  32. The evolution of grocery wholesaling and grocery wholesalers in Ireland and Britain since the 1930s

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  33. Validating health impact assessment: Prediction is difficult (especially about the future)

    Article • Environmental Impact Assessment Review, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  34. Interdisciplinary (Retail) Research: The Business of Geography and the Geography of Business

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, October 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  35. Healthy Cities: The Impact of Food Retail-led Regeneration on Food Access, Choice and Retail Structure

    Article • Built Environment, November 2005, Alexandrine Press

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  36. Retail internationalisation: Marks and Spencer in Hong Kong

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, October 2005, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  37. Retail Internationalisation:

    Article • European Management Journal, April 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  38. Shutting up shop: understanding the international exit process in retailing

    Article • Service Industries Journal, April 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  39. The International Divestment Activities of European Grocery Retailers

    Article • European Management Journal, October 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  40. The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2001 and Retail Research Output

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, October 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  41. Investment Bank Analysts and Retail Research

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, September 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  42. All About Eve?

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, April 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  43. Delivering customer loyalty schemes in retailing: exploring the employee dimension

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, April 2004, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  44. Food retailers and financial services in the UK: a co‐opetitive perspective

    Article • British Food Journal, October 2003, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  45. E-commerce and the retail process: a review

    Article • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  46. Power and Competition in the UK Retail Grocery Market

    Article • British Journal of Management, September 2003, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  47. Erratum

    Article • Supply Chain Management An International Journal, August 2003, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  48. A catalogue of success? Argos and catalogue showroom retailing

    Article • Service Industries Journal, March 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  49. Retail exchanges: a research agenda

    Article • Supply Chain Management An International Journal, March 2003, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  50. Retail loyalty schemes: results from a consumer diary study

    Article • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  51. Failure in international retailing: research propositions

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  52. “The findings have surprised some shoppers”

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, February 2002, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  53. Cataloguing change: Argos catalogues in 1973 and 1998

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, October 2001, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  54. The Implications of Wal-Mart's Takeover of ASDA

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, August 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  55. Planning for Small-scale Retailing: Evidence from Scotland

    Article • Planning Theory & Practice, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  56. Seven‐Eleven Japan and The Southland Corporation: a marriage of convenience?

    Article • International Marketing Review, August 2000, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  57. The independent small shop in Scotland: A discussion of roles and problems

    Article • Scottish Geographical Journal, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  58. The role and function of the independent small shop: the situation in Scotland

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  59. Loyalty saturation in retailing: exploring the end of retail loyalty cards?

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, December 1999, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  60. Are Loyalty Schemes a Manifestation of Relationship Marketing?

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, July 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  61. Performance in Food Retailing: A Cross-national Consideration and Comparison of Retail Margins

    Article • British Journal of Management, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  62. From Coca‐colonization to copy‐Cotting: The Cott corporation and retailer brand soft drinks in the UK and the US

    Article • Agribusiness, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  63. From Coca-colonization to copy-Cotting: The Cott corporation and retailer brand soft drinks in the UK and the US

    Article • Agribusiness, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  64. Investment Recommendations and Commercial Reality in Scottish Grocery Retailing

    Article • Service Industries Journal, April 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  65. Reciprocal Retail Internationalisation: the Southland Corporation, Ito-Yokado and 7-Eleven Convenience Stores

    Article • Service Industries Journal, October 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  66. Restructuring Scottish grocery retailing: the rise and demise of Shoprite and Wm Low

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, October 1995, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  67. Understanding the arrival of limited line discount stores in Britain

    Article • European Management Journal, March 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  68. Flexibility, labour segmentation and retail superstore managers: the effects of Sunday trading

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  69. Contemporary Developments in Employee Relations in Food Retailing

    Article • Service Industries Journal, October 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  70. The Logistics Transformation of British Retailing: Concepts and Questions

    Article • The International Journal of Logistics Management, July 1994, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  71. Structural change in grocery retailing in Great Britain: a discount reorientation?

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, January 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  72. SUNDAY WORKING IN THE RETAIL TRADE

    Article • Retail and Distribution Management, July 1993, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  73. The transformation of physical distribution in retailing: the example of Tesco plc

    Article • The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  74. Customer Service in Retailing—the Next Leap Forward?

    Article • Service Industries Journal, April 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  75. Car parking standards for retailing: A research note

    Article • Journal of Property Research, December 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Steve Burt

  76. Employment in DIY Superstores

    Article • Service Industries Journal, July 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  77. Food Superstore Retailing in Great Britain 1960-1986: On the Campaign Trail?

    Article • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, January 1990, JSTOR

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  78. Spatial-Structural Relationships in Retail Corporate Growth: A Case-Study of Kwik Save Group P.L.C.

    Article • Service Industries Journal, January 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  79. Planning applications for food superstores 1960–86: Great Britain and South Wales

    Article • Land Development Studies, May 1989, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  80. The Development of Superstore Retailing in Great Britain 1960-1986: Results from a New Database

    Article • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, January 1989, JSTOR

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  81. Technology and bank marketing information systems

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, January 1988, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  82. Retailing in Enterprise Zones: The Example of Swansea

    Article • Regional Studies, February 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  83. Opportunities for Female Employment in Superstore Retailing

    Article • Equal Opportunities International, January 1987, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  84. The impact of scanning on employment in UK food stores: A preliminary analysis

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, January 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  85. The Importance of Store Operator on Superstore Employment Levels

    Article • Service Industries Journal, November 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  86. Retail planning policies in Scottish structure plans

    Article • Land Development Studies, January 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  87. The Changing Structure of Distribution in Retail Companies: An Example from the Grocery Trade

    Article • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, January 1986, JSTOR

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  88. New technology in UK retailing: Issues and responses

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, January 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  89. Retail Employment in the Current Recession

    Article • International Journal of Manpower, April 1984, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  90. Employment Characteristics of Superstore Retailing

    Article • Service Industries Journal, March 1983, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Leigh Sparks

  91. Female and Part‐Time Employment within Superstore Retailing

    Article • European Journal of Marketing, July 1982, Emerald

    Professor Leigh Sparks