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dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Andrewen_GB
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Simonen_GB
dc.contributor.authorShaw, Garethen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-13T11:22:13Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-19T16:05:48Z
dc.date.issued2008en_GB
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we address the related issues of retail innovation, changing shopping practices, and shopping geographies. We do so in relation to the spread of self-service grocery stores, and particularly the supermarket, in the postwar retail environment of Britain (1950 – 70), arguing that this juncture provides a propitious opportunity to study the relationship between changing practices of retailing and consumption. We highlight shoppers’ selective adoption of new self-service formats in relation to certain product categories and argue that this can be explained in part by reference to the socially embedded nature of women food shoppers’ behaviours and in particular the influence of contemporary notions of the ‘good housewife’. We support our argument by reference to a wide range of contemporary documentary material relating to postwar shopping including market research reports, the publications of local consumer groups, and selected retailer and government archive sources.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 40, Issue 9, pp. 2204 - 2221en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1068/a39117en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/3391en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherPionen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=a39117en_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.envplan.com/A.htmlen_GB
dc.subjectRetail innovationen_GB
dc.subjectSupermarketsen_GB
dc.subjectSelf-service grocery storesen_GB
dc.titleRetail innovation and shopping practices: consumers' reaction to self-service retailingen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2012-02-13T11:22:13Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-19T16:05:48Z
dc.identifier.issn0308-518Xen_GB
dc.descriptionAuthors' draft also available on Surrey eprints repository at http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk. Final version available online at http://www.envplan.com/en_GB
dc.identifier.journalEnvironment and Planning Aen_GB


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