With apologies for cross-posting, I hope the workshop below will be of interest to at least some list members
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The CHORD (Centre for the History of Retailing and distribution) workshop on:
'Retailing, Distribution and Reputation: Historical Perspectives'
will take place at the University of Wolverhampton, UK
on 23 May 2017.
The programme, together with abstracts, registration details and further information, can be found at:
http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/reputation.htm
The programme includes:
Nicholas Oddy, Glasgow School of Art, UK
British and Guaranteed: Reputational Maintenance in Meccano Ltd
Erin Bramwell, Lancaster University, UK
‘Pharmacy atmosphere’: the impact of commercial spaces on patent medicines and their consumers in early twentieth-century Britain
Johanna Wassholm and Anna Sundelin, both Åbo Akademi University, Finland
‘Ruck-sack Russians’ and the Local Community in the Swedish-speaking Regions of Finland, ca 1880–1920: Reception, Practices and Communication
Thomas Mollanger, University of Bordeaux, France
Who is to be trusted in the Cognac brandy supply chain? The reconfiguration of retailers’ reputations as a tool to create trust in front of the growing power of producers’ names, first half of the 19th c. – first years of the 20th c.
John Porter, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Consumer Credit in Ireland 1920-1960
George Campbell Gosling, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Retail as Fundraising: The NHS as a Case Study
Evana Downes, University of Kent, UK
Balancing the urban ‘stomach’: the impact of regulation on London’s food vendors, 1558-1666
Bethan Bide, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
‘The Junior Miss is…?’ How Bentalls built its reputation with young consumers at a time of austerity (1945-1951)
Jon Stobart, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
A world of goods? Products, promotion and place-names in English shops, c.1670-1820
The workshop will take place in room Room MH108-9, Mary Seacole (MH) Building, City Campus, University of Wolverhampton.
The fee is £20
For further information and to register, please see the workshop web-pages, at:
http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/reputation.htm
Or contact Laura Ugolini, at: [log in to unmask]
Information about CHORD events can also be found here:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/
Prof. Laura Ugolini
Professor of History
Dept. of History, Politics, War Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Room MH124
Mary Seacole (MH) Building
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
WV1 1LY
Find out more about CHORD events: https://retailhistory.wordpress.com
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