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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.
In almost every city, consumer demand and business diversity had a big role to play.
Research shows that consumers don't like it when businesses make money. Why?
For a while Shoes of Prey could do no wrong. So what happened?
Artificial intelligence can detect patterns in your shopping behaviour that can help retailers deliver better deals to you, and then suggest things you never even knew you wanted.
Top contributors
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Louise Grimmer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in Retail Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Management, University of New England
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Adjunct professor, Monash University
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Industry fellow, Graduate School of Business, Deakin University
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in International Business & Strategic Management, University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre for Employee and Consumer Wellbeing; Senior Lecturer, Deakin Business School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate professor of operations research, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Professor of Marketing; Director of Research, Center for Retailing Studies, Texas A&M University
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Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow - The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Retailing, School of Marketing, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
