University of Connecticut OpenCommons@UConn Master's Theses University of Connecticut Graduate School 5-7-2011 New England's Retail Landscape: An analysis of the county-level retail restructuring, 1998 to 2008 Christopher J. Rappa University of Connecticut - Storrs,
[email protected] Recommended Citation Rappa, Christopher J., "New England's Retail Landscape: An analysis of the county-level retail restructuring, 1998 to 2008" (2011). Master's Theses. 46. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/gs_theses/46 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Connecticut Graduate School at OpenCommons@UConn. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of OpenCommons@UConn. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. New England’s Retail Landscape: An analysis of the county-level retail restructuring, 1998 to 2008 Christopher John Rappa B.A., University of Connecticut, 2009 B.S., University of Connecticut, 2009 A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Connecticut 2011 APPROVAL PAGE Master of Arts Thesis New England’s Retail Landscape: An analysis of the county-level retail restructuring, 1998 to 2008 Presented by Christopher John Rappa, B.A., B.S. Major Advisor ___________________________________________________________ Jeffrey P. Osleeb, Ph.D. Associate Advisor ________________________________________________________ William H. Berentsen, Ph.D. Associate Advisor ________________________________________________________ Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Ph.D. University of Connecticut 2011 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis is dedicated to Alexander C. Vias, who spent countless hours answering my questions and providing me with guidance over the past year. Alex was the inspiration for this thesis and I could not have asked for a better major advisor.