Abandoned trolleys are an all-too-common sight. A solution to this intractable problem depends on a combination of policy and legal changes, public engagement and tracking technology.
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Innovation is integral to the success of Canadian retailers and encouraging consumers to shop in stores as well as online. The big strategic risk is not innovating and failing, but failing to innovate.
Australians spent $400 million on unwanted Christmas gifts last year. There must be a better way.
A retail expert explains why brick-and-mortar brands will continue to thrive in the age of e-commerce.
Department stores are collapsing. The internet is part of the problem, but so too is the hollowing out of the middle class.
Getting into the Christmas spirit means buying stuff. But how much is too much?
Chinese customers spend billions on Nov. 11. Why, and what does it mean for the global retail marketplace?
Ontario must quickly create rules for cannabis stores. How the Ford government decides to regulate retailers will have a major impact on how many retailers will get into the business.
Checkout charity research suggests that it can boost sales and doesn’t ward off customers who don’t contribute.
As major supermarkets ‘ban the bag’, the spotlight is firmly on sustainability. Retailers are racing to promote their green credentials to shoppers.
To survive the crisis, fashion companies are relying on new technologies. New players, new customer experience, big data – the whole sector is changing.
Removing expiry dates should increase sales and give consumers more flexibility, but it could also increase costs.
A retail scholar explains what drives consumers to behave badly on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
On Black Friday, November 24, outdoor retailer REI will close its stores and urge customers to #OptOutside. But a historian calls this popular campaign light green environmentalism at best.
Holiday retail sales may boom this year – and the lion’s share will not be online purchases. Yet brick-and-mortar retail stores are facing heavy internet competition.
Victoria’s proposed ban on single-use plastic bags is a step forward, but what about all the other unnecessary packaging? A truly effective waste policy should offer a comprehensive plan for packaging.
Retailers are starting to realise the benefit of combining online and in-store shopping. And by encouraging you to click first and collect later, these businesses are saving on a number of costs.
The government’s deal with electricity retailers to provide simple information to customers about their discounts and bills is a welcome step, but doesn’t cut to the heart of the power price issue.
The success of the plastic bag ban announced by Australia’s big two supermarkets will hinge on whether they can persuade customers to change an engrained behaviour - without annoying them.
Moves by major to supermarkets to only offer plastic bags for a charge could make these businesses more than a million dollars a year, but it may only have a small impact on the environment.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Professor, North Dakota State University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Executive Professor of Marketing Emeritus at Simon Business School, University of Rochester
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Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Omar H. Fares é um amigo do The Conversation.
Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
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Interim Department Head and Professor of Wine and Viticulture, California Polytechnic State University
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
