Corporative strategies of spatial warehousing development of retailers in Moscow agglomeration

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https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2024.302

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The rapid growth of the transport and logistics complex of urban agglomerations forces large companies to change spatial strategies for warehouse networks development based on current trends. Thus, there is a transformation of factors for the placement of warehouse facilities. This article examines the general and specific features of the spatial development of warehouse networks of the largest retailers and online-operators in the post-soviet period using the example of the Moscow agglomeration. The novelty of the work consists both in the comparative analysis and typologization of strategies for warehouse networks development, and in the study of shifts in their territorial development. The information base of the study was the author's database of corporations’ warehouse facilities, collected on the basis of open sources. Two multidirectional trends have been identified. The first is the shift of new construction to the periphery of the Moscow agglomeration, to the zone of influence of the Central Ring Road (CRR), and an increase in the average area of warehouse facilities. The second is the development of a network of small warehouse facilities (sorting centers, darkstores) in the core of the agglomeration, near or inside the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD). Territorial shifts have been identified in the placement of new warehouse facilities for both online-operators and retailers. Online retailers have moved from a strategy of placing warehouses near airports to placing a large warehouse in every sector of the Moscow agglomeration. For retailers, the determining factor of location remains proximity to motorways (formerly main highways, now the intersections of the main highway and the Central Ring Road/A–107 or A–108) with the possibility of expanding the service area to all regions of the Central Federal District. Based on the results obtained, a typology of strategies for the spatial development of warehouse networks of the largest retailers in the region is proposed. The analysis provides an idea of current trends in spatial strategies for the development of corporate warehouse networks in the Moscow agglomeration, which can be used in forecasting and territorial planning for other large-scale urban agglomerations, based on the concept of diffusion of innovations.

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logistics complex, Moscow agglomeration, warehouse, online-retail, click&mortar retail, logistics operator

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Author Biography

Mikhail A. Makushin, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Russia, Moscow, Leninskie gory st., 1,

PhD Student, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia,
Lead Engineer, Laboratory of Regional Analysis and Political Geography,
Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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2024-07-21

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Makushin, M. A. and Cherepanova, E. A. (2024) “Corporative strategies of spatial warehousing development of retailers in Moscow agglomeration”, Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences, 69(3). doi: 10.21638/spbu07.2024.302.

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