Att marknadsföra en stadskärna : En kvalitativ studie om hur Sandvikens stadskärna kan marknadsföras och ses som mötesplats

This study takes its basis in preliminary talks with stakeholders active in the development of the city center in Sandviken. Sandviken is a small town that like many other cities has experienced both economic and demographic stagnation. This is due to the great extent of external retail which affects the economics of city core negative. This study was developed through the complex of problems that show that Town Centre Managements has visions to increase the attractiveness of the city center, but lack a clear strategy of how the vision will be achieved. The study therefore aims to examine how a city center can be marketed and examine ways and beliefs that exist around the production of the city center as a meeting place. The importance of the city center to take a new role as a meeting place is demonstrated in this study's analysis where this approach proved to be a winning concept, in which important values can take place, to in turn help to satisfy the needs of today's urban centers. As a conclusion, and also presented in the discussion how marketing can go to and which actors are responsible and how a community can be created.