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Now in its tenth year in the UK, the great American post-Thanksgiving bonanza is starting to look like a turkey.
The ecological impact of buying from your sofa.
A retail expert explains why brick-and-mortar brands will continue to thrive in the age of e-commerce.
If Australia follows international trends and allows supermarkets to open pharmacies, what are the effects on neighbouring pharmacies? And when does running a business mean health care suffers?
There were 590,000 incidents of assaults and threats on shop workers in 2018.
On July 5, the online shopping powerhouse turns 25. A marketing professor looks back on how Amazon redefined retail for the world.
The success – and failure – of brands like Topshop and Burton has been in lockstep with the high street.
Supermarkets have been hit by multiple disruptions in the past couple of decades and they are struggling to survive.
Sainsbury’s faces tough times ahead following the blocking of its merger with Asda.
A national minimum wage could benefit young people who have jobs and stimulate those who have given up trying to find work. But those without work need additional help.
It’s easy to scorn the gentrifying hipster stereotype, but many inner-city neighbourhoods benefit from the distinctive mix of businesses and activities they pursue. So why should the suburbs miss out?
There’s a time cost and a risk of overspending for customers. For retailers, returns can be a massive headache.
Forget Brexit or online competition. Millennials are just not consuming with the same fervour as their mums and dads.
Dry cleaning isn’t really dry – it uses chemical solvents. Perc, the most common option, has contaminated soil and groundwater and poses serious health risks, but safer choices are emerging.
It’s not just affecting areas in post-industrial decline – retail spaces are closing and losing value across England and Wales.
The run up to Black Friday is often shrouded in secrecy, which makes buying things on the day a lot more frenetic.
Don’t despair if, once you’ve gathered your shopping items, you’re met by a single line that looks a mile long. Queuing theory suggests this is likely the fastest way to get you rung up and moving on.
Chinese customers spend billions on Nov. 11. Why, and what does it mean for the global retail marketplace?
Sears and other department stores not only changed how Americans consumed but altered the very nature of society and culture as well.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Louise Grimmer est un·e adhérent·e de The Conversation
Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Interim Director, UWA Public Policy Institute; Associate Professor & Programme Co-ordinator (Masters of Public Policy), The University of Western Australia
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Professor, College of Business, Zayed University
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Industry fellow, Graduate School of Business, Deakin University
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Professor, Monash University
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Senior Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Omar H. Fares est un·e adhérent·e de The Conversation
Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Coleman Chair Professor of Marketing and Director of Research, Texas A&M University
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in International Business & Strategic Management, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
