The Law of Retail Gravitation

Anniston B. P. Based B. P. Between Discovered breaking point budget territories charge accounts charge-account business cities and towns city draws city increases city or town City to B. P. city's retail trade Clarksburg column marked different-sized cities Discovered in Field distribution draws trade enjoyed Erie Field Study Automobile fluence Fort Worth Illinois Indiana intermediate city intermediate town large number larger cities law of retail leading stores Location of B. P. manufacturer measure of retail Missouri newspaper circulation Ohio Pittsburgh POINTS BETWEEN VARIOUS POPULATION OF CITY proportion retail gravitation retail influence retail stores retail trade influence retail trade territory smaller cities smaller towns standardized Steubenville Study Automobile High style and specialty style goods trade surrounding cities surrounding territory surrounding town TABLE I-Continued POPULATION territory surrounding Texas tion towns to larger trade drawn trade from smaller trial section VARIOUS CITIES Location Waco Wellsburg Youngstown ន ន