Mind map

Factors affecting quality of retail environment

Lawrence Leather English

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Asthetics
- Coulers
  - Buildings
  - Shop windoes
- Architecture
  - Historic buildings
  - shop lay outs
  - heritege
  - Band stand
- Parks
  - clean
  - Big
  - play areas
  - water features for example Shelley fountain Horsham
    - (lake sea or River)
- Originality
  - shapes
  - Buildings
Safety
- CCTV
  - on most streets
- Police
  - walking round area
- Crossings
  - on roads surounding shops
- railings on high areas
- street lights
- fire escapes
easy access
- public trasport
  - trains
  - bus stops
- lots of parking
  - dissabled
    - elivators
    - Lifts
  - good system for example Horsham have smart park a tiket less parking system
- many entrances and exits
  - fire escapes
  - disabled/push chair access
    - Ramps
    - lifts
    - Disabiled parking for example the pavilion (horsham)
- Toilets
quality for pedestrians
- pedestrianised areas for example west street Horsham
- lots of road crossings
  - safe
- proximity to carpark
- good sign posts
  - maps
  - train stations
  - shops
Chain stores
- recognised and trusted names
  - JD
  - TK max
range of shops
- toys
- clothes
- food
- unusual/Unique shops
  - eg gunshop in Brighton
- Specialist shops
  - Skate shops
  - Music shops
  - Chocolate shops
Lesure
- facilities for children/Teens
  - play areas
    - indoor
      - For examle Horsham have Jungle Fun an indoor play area located close to town with a Coffee shop and a swimming pool right next door
  - green spaces/Parks
  - Zoo
  - Bowling alleys
  - Skate park
    - Skate shops
    - Keeps them out of town
  - Fun fair (small)
- restaurants
- swimming pools
- sport fasilities
- Cinenemas
- coffee shops
- museum
Tourism
- Historic buildings
- History
- Arcitecture
- Art scaupltures
- Unique
- Info
- Town trail
  - For example Horsham hav a series of metal placs showing intresting facts about Historical charicters that lived In horsham .
- Green space
Cleanlyness
- Litter Bins
- Cleaners
- cleans toilets