Where would these

businesses be best to put

their buildings
Think in terms of costs, customers, competition...

• A bakers shop • Lidl

• A clothes warehouse
• A clothes shop • Amazon.co.uk
• A cinema
• Recruitment
Agency
 Marketing Mix: Place
How do you get your product
to market/ customers?
 Lesson Objectives
• All students should understand some
of the reasons businesses set up in
different places
• Most students will understand why
the reasons are more important/ less
important for different types of
businesses
 Footloose companies
• Internet services/ businesses
• Some recruitment agencies
• Web design firms
• Mail order catalogues
• Call centres
 The BBC’s Main Business
Activities

• News, Radio and Television

• All of which do not require it to be situated near any of the end-users
 BBC builds HQ in Salford
Possible reasons why:

• Cheaper in the North

• No need to be near end-users, so
why not?
• Get away from the too busy area of
London
• Work in a more beautiful place
 Nandos

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