CONFERENZ: History of Retailing, Wolverhampton (10 Sept. 1999)

NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF RETAILING AND DISTRIBUTION

The Conference aims to survey the present state of research into the history of retailing and distribution, from the early modern to the contemporary period, and to review possible directions for future work, both in Britain and elsewhere.

Speakers include:

Andrew Alexander
John Benson
Richard Coopey
Nancy Cox
Christopher Hosgood
Andrew Godley
Dilwyn Porter
Gareth Shaw
Mike Winstanley

Session on:

City centres and suburbs
Advertising and merchandising
The use of databases
Social networks
Core and periphery
The economics of retailing

Further information is available at http://www.wlv.ac.uk/shass/chord.html

The Conference will be hosted by

CHORD: the Committee for the History Of Retailing and Distribution

at

THE SCIENCE PARK, UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON,

a purpose-built Conference venue close to Wolverhampton city centre, with convinient road and rail/bus access.

Conference fee: £ 22. This includes both lunch and refreshments throughout the day. A limited number of bursaries are available for students and un-/low-waged individuals who are not able to obtain institutional funding.

Please contact Dr. Laura Ugolini, Room MQ 202, Quadrant Chambers, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB. E-mail: in6086@wlv.ac.uk

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Date: 8.6.1999

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