Author: Leigh Sparks
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May 2021 – Journal Articles page updated with two new academic papers in Planning, Theory and Practice, and Sustainability, joining our Ageing & Society paper
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- Grocery Market Shares in Great Britain 1997-2021
- Grocery Market Shares in the UK 2020
- Towns, High Streets and Resilience: A Question for Policy?
- Taxing Times: Tesco and Poland
- Downloads
- Stopping Doing Harm to our Town Centres
- Scotland Loves Local: The Next Phase
- Locavore's Bigger Plan
- Towns and Town Centres in Scotland: reflections six years on from Fraser
- A New Future for Scotland's Towns - (3) Recommendations
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Tag Archives: Products
“Argos catalogues – a fascinating historical archive”
Rather to my surprise, in the eight or so years this blog has been in existence I seem not to have mentioned my collection of Argos catalogues, except tangentially. Built up and in-filled after an initial donation some 20 years … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Argos, Brands, Catalogues, Consumer Change, Corporate History, Design, History, Milton Keynes, Pricing, Products, Research, Retail brands, Retail Change, Retail History, Retailers, Social Change
Tagged Argos, Catalogues, Consumer change, Design, History, Price, Products, Retail Change, Social Change
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Women Charged More on the High Street
Last week there was a media flurry about the The Times report that women are routinely charged more for similar or essentially the same items by some retailers. This “BIC for her” phenomenon seems to be more prevalent than thought. … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Consumers, Discriminatory Pricing, High Streets, Legislation, Pricing, Retailers, Sexism, Uncategorized
Tagged Discriminatory Pricing, marketing, Pricing, Products, Retailing, Segmentation, Sexist
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Changing Times – the ONS Inflation Basket
As I write this entry, I am about to make a presentation at a business conference on the changing nature of retailing and the future of the high street. There are a number of themes I aim to pursue but … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Consumer Change, Data
Tagged Consumer change, e-books, Inflation, ONS, Products, Scotland
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