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035 _a(Sirsi) u116193
100 _aQuinn, D.
245 _aRetailers supply the driving force
260 _c2001
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0150) 15 December 2001, 59(2)
520 _aExamines the prospects for the industrial market in 2002. Notes that the sector fared well during 2001 but is now likely to face more difficult prospects with increasing economic uncertainty. Retailers such as Sainsbury's are leading the market at the moment with improvements in their distribution centres to help their profit margins. It is thought that many other major supermarkets will follow this. Comments on the prospects of there being an undersupply of stock but with many expecting an oversupply of industrial space in certain areas where there have been factory closures. With tables of industrial take up in the south-east and manufacturing outrput forecasts by region.
590 _aABS
650 _aINDUSTRIAL SECTOR
650 _aDISTRIBUTION CENTRES
650 _aRETAILERS
650 _aSUPERMARKET CHAINS
650 _aSAINSBURYS
650 _aPROFIT MARGINS
650 _aSOUTH-EAST
690 _aPROPERTY MANAGEMENT-CORPORATE REAL ESTATE
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