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Presented paper is focused on evaluation of cyclical behaviour of industrial production of the Czech Republic in time and frequency domain. Analyses in both domains are done in the context of commonly used detrending techniques necessary for obtaining growth business cycle. In the case of time domain analysis, the length of existing cycles is calculated on the basis of dating method application, i.e. right and left version of naive rules as well as Bry-Boschan algorithm. In the case of frequency domain, estimate of the spectra using periodogram and autoregressive process with optimum lag are used. In the time domain evaluation of the unity of the results of detrending techniques from the turning points identification is done as well. All analysis are done on the data of industrial production in the Czech Republic in 1996/Q1-2008/Q4.

The paper deals with spatial analysis of the shopping centers according to individual regions in Czech Republic. The centers over 10 000 m² were identified with their total retail space and gravitational model was utilized to determine the break point between two competing regions - the point at which a person residing in an intermediate community would be likely to travel to one region rather than the other. Next part is aimed to calculation of saturation indicators. First one is coefficient of shopping centers saturation - measured like portion of retail space in all shopping centers per capita in each region (the average in Czech Republic is 0,115 m².cap^-1.; the lowest ratio was determined in South-Bohemian region - 0,033 and next is Karlovy Vary - 0,035; Hradec Králové - 0,049 and Vysočina - 0,048 regions; the highest ratio was determined in Liberec region - 0,275 and next is Central-Bohemian including Prague - 0,253; South-Moravian - 0,182 and Plzen - 0,157 regions). The second one is index of retail saturation - the population of the region is multiplied by the monthly expenditure on the goods and services the retailer wants to sell in shopping centers and this is divided by the total retail space in all shopping centers in the given region (the average in Czech Republic is 77 094,77 CZK.(m²)^-1; the same rank was determined - the highest index in South-Bohemian region - 175 909 and the lowest index in Liberec region - 20 224). The main result is comparison of regions according to their shopping centers saturation and recommendation to possible investors, developers and retailers where is the best site to invest and build a new complex of retail stores according to given indicators of spatial analysis.