Amazon has barred Australian shoppers from its US site, rather than contend with new GST rules on overseas purchases. But don’t expect a stampede at your local branch of Harvey Norman as a result.
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We’re not going to stop wandering through shopping centres anytime soon, but mobile, micro-location and voice technologies are set to transform the retail experience.
A short history of Easter egg economics.
Physical stores and online technology can work hand in hand.
Most of us bargain hunt when shopping for a new blouse or pair of blue jeans, yet for some reason we don’t with interest rates, potentially costing us thousands of dollars.
Compulsive spending is on the rise, here’s what you need to know.
Materialism has an ugly face but it is here to stay. Rather than focusing efforts to diminish it we should utilise materialism to benefit wider society.
If your New Year’s resolutions include improving your diet, it’s worth thinking about eating healthier for the planet.
Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment.
If you find help messages from factory and delivery workers in your presents this season, how should you respond?
Six questions to ask yourself before you buy that last minute Christmas present.
Despite the delight of not having to work for several days or even weeks, holidays come with pressures.
People who see themselves as conscientious consumers often buy items made by companies that violate their values because it’s hard to keep that information in mind.
The idea of pop-up shops has been around for ages, but now even established high-street retailers are being forced to buy in.
Rather than simply trying to trick people, the masters of marketing know it’s much easier to understand and work with innate human flaws.
Loblaw is playing defence against Amazon, the boogeyman of retailing. But if Canadian grocers went on the offensive, they’d be able to deliver much more than food to Canadian homes.
With the retail industry struggling, the need to lure people into spending has never been greater.
They engage with your senses and subconscious.
Will the rest of the world catch up with a trend which encourages gift buying for yourself?
Johannesburg’s central business district is developing into a major cross border shopping hub, servicing the broader sub-Saharan region and has a potential to grow even further.
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
