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Thanks to a bid from a private equity firm backed by former Tesco boss Terry Leahy, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain is in play.
Well known retailers are too often stifled by risk averse corporate culture.
This doesn’t have to be the end for empty retail space.
Retailers are grappling with anti-maskers during the pandemic. That’s because of the complicated relationship between businesses and customers when it comes to accommodating health conditions.
The easing of lockdown restrictions is good news for struggling high streets, but consumers are still wary.
We still don’t know whether ecolabels are significantly better for the environment than alternatives.
Small-scale stores and flexibility could be key to future shopping habits.
Shoppers like to touch products – and this can also make them spend more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rise in digital localism — consumers using online local sites to buy and supply goods. Do platforms born during COVID-19 have a chance of survival?
As online retailers like Boohoo and ASOS mop up some of the biggest high street brands, shops are increasingly under threat.
Experts weigh in on whether they will sit and eat at a restaurant.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing has become more than a safety regulation for those working in retail — it’s a sign of respect and an acknowledgement that they’re people too.
With limits on family time this Christmas, are we going to supplement Christmas spirit with presents?
Christmas markets are big business in UK cities – but not this year.
COVID-19 has closed high streets and disrupted sales, and retailers have been looking for ways forward beyond traditional discount events.
In October, the Hudson’s Bay Company announced that it would be closing its flagship location in downtown Winnipeg. This closure is reflective of the changing nature of downtown neighbourhoods.
New research suggests people who are experiencing physical pain are willing to spend more money than they otherwise would.
Could spending money on goods and produced in the UK help bolster the crumbling economy?
Woolworths’ A$780 millon investment in new automated distribution centres is a sign of how much COVID-19 has changed the way we shop. It points what’s to come in the retail sector.
Top contributors
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Louise Grimmer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing; Associate Head (Global), University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Retail Studies and Deputy Principal, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Fashion Marketing, Nottingham Trent University
