here are some refs, i dont actually know of any literature re retail parks
 
Graves-Brown, P.M. 1995 ‘Fearful symmetry.’ World Archaeology. 27(1): 88-99
 
Graves-Brown, P.M. 1995 ‘Stone tools, dead sheep, saws and urinals.’ in J. Schofield. (ed) Lithics in Context. London: HMSO (British Museum)
Graves-Brown, P.M. 1996 ‘Roads to nowhere.’ Museums Journal November.
 
Graves-Brown, P.M. 1997 ‘From Highway to Superhighway.The Sustainability, Symbolism and Situated Practices of Car Culture.’ In P. Harvey (ed) Technology as Skilled Practice a special issue of Social Analysis. University of Adelaide
 
Graves-Brown, P.M. (ed) 2000 Matter, Materiality and Modern Culture. London: Routledge
 
Graves-Brown, P.M. 2000 ‘Always crashing in the same car.’ in P Graves-Brown (ed) Matter, Materiality and Modern Culture. London: Routledge
Ballard, J.G. 1995[1973] Crash! London: Vintage.
Barthes, R. 1993[1972] Mythologies London:Vintage.
Bayley, S. 1986 Sex, Drink and Fast Cars: The Creation and Consumption of Images. London: Faber.
Flink J 1975 The Car Culture MIT Press
McLuhan, M. 1964 Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. McGraw Hill, New York.
Rodley, C. 1996 ‘Crash. David Cronenberg talks about his new film ‘Crash’ based on J.G. Ballard’s disturbing novel.’ Sight and Sound 6:7-11
Wolf, W. 1996 Car Mania: A Critical History of Transport London: Pluto Press.
Lefebvre, H. 1971 Everyday Life in the Modern World. Harmondsworth: Allen Lane.
Baudrillard, J. 1981 ‘Crash’ in Simulation and Simulacra pp111-119 University of Michegan Press.