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Tag Archives: Retail History
Ghost Signs and Retailing
As readers of this blog will know, I have always had an interest in the history of retailing and companies and businesses of the past. A good example has been the ongoing work with Neil Tyler around Sanders Bros, but … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Advertising, Architecture, Art, Brands, Buildings, Consumer Change, Corporate History, Ghost Signs, Heritage, Historic Shops, History, Retail History, Sanders Bros, Shopfronts, Signage, Stirling, Urban History
Tagged Branding, Fascias, Ghost Signs, Heritage, History, Retail History, Retailing, Shops, Signs
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Pontypool vs Penarth: Rugby and The High Street and Town of 1951
This post has been ready for some time, but I thought I would publish it today, as it is National Sporting Heritage Day. If you are reading this on the 30th in Stirling then the University is hosting a pop-up … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Community, Cooperatives, Design, High Streets, Independents, Local Retailers, Places, Retail History, Rugby Union, Small Shops, Towns, Urban History
Tagged Advertising, Co-operatives, Communities, High Streets, independents, Local, Retail History, Rugby Programmes, Small Businesses, towns
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Asa Briggs and Marks and Spencer
The other week the eminent social historian Asa Briggs died. Despite my not being an historian this was a name I knew. I came across his work when I wanted to look at aspects of the social history of the … Continue reading
A Sense of Place
A few months ago I was approached to write a short piece for “Context – the magazine of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation” as part of a collected set of items on The Changing Face of Retail. A couple … Continue reading
Posted in Design, High Streets, Historic Shops, History, Places, Signage, Spaces, Streetscapes, Town Centres
Tagged Community, Design, High Streets, History, Places, Regeneration, Retail, Retail History, Spaces, town centre
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Retail Threads in the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry – Sir Thomas Lipton
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry was conceived as part of the 2014 Homecoming celebrations, with an original aim of paying homage to the determination and courage of Scots over the centuries. Communities would document their Scottish connections on a series … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Crafts, History, Places, Retail History, Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, Tea, Thomas Lipton, University of Stirling, Wm Low
Tagged Crafts, Retail History, Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, Tea, Thomas Lipton, Wm Low
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Have You Heard of Sanders Bros?
For me it all began when one of my MBA retailing students showed me an advertisement from the 1933 Times and challenged me, as a Professor of Retail Studies, to tell him who Sanders Bros were, given that they were … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Books, Closure, Food Retailing, Historic Shops, History, Retail Failure, Retail History, Sainsbury, Sanders Bros, Tesco
Tagged Book, failure, Retail History, Sainsbury, Sanders Bros, Tesco
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Spedan’s Partnership
It wasn’t a Christmas present but rather a book that I’d bought in the summer but had never found the space to read. Yet the time seemed right, with the continuing high standing of John Lewis and the expansionary trail … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Department Stores, Jphn Lewis Partnership, Retail History, Waitrose
Tagged Department Stores, JLP, Retail History, Waitrose
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