Market Size and Threshold

There is a direct relationship between market size and threshold which impact the geography of retail. To support its activities, each urban centre needs a threshold population that varies according to its size. Obviously, large cities have an important threshold, so there may be only of few of them on a specific territory while there can be a large number of small villages.

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