Effects of economic recession on consumers spatial shopping behaviour

The various studies on these matters in the Netherlands seem to indicate that as a result of economic recession and consequent consumers' income reduction, food and allied products tend to be bought more and more in larger neighbourhood centres and in (smaller) community centres. On the other hand durable consumer goods would increasingly be compared and bought in first order city centres. This would mean that consumer's spatial shopping behaviour would be different from that before economic recession. Further studies are necessary, however.