Download or read book Consumer Services and Economic Development written by Colin C. Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997-04-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer Services have been viewed as parasitic activities, dependent on other sectors of the economy for their viability and vitality. Yet local economic policy is now looking towards consumer services to solve severe economic problems. The rapid expansion of the service sector is now a principal feature of contemporary global economic restructuri