著者

関口 寛 Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI 四国大学 社会学研究室

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.29-40, 2005-12-25

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The major department stores in Japan had been actively developed in the local cities in the early Showa Era. Under the Economic depression, conflicts arouse between the medium and small retailers who cherished traditional commercial styles and the department stores who held up modern management systems. Consequently, the retailers in the disadvantage position had to adapt themselves to the new age through various movements of the retail innovations. This paper analyzes the above-described problems in Tokushima City.