Usova N.V.Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation nata-ekb-777@yandex.ru
The article offers a methodology for studies of the local consumer markets of major cities, taking into account their situation in the regional systems of settling, the specifics of external and internal environment of consumer markets. The author applied testing methods in relation to the towns of the Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, occupying the first, second and third places for the population in the region. According to the results of the analysis, the author provides recommendations on the best practices to improve the management of local consumer markets.
Keywords: local consumer market, large cities, urban agglomerations, external, internal, environment
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