Charity Shops: Retailing, Consumption and Society

ISBN-13: 9780415257244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 160 str.

Suzanne Horne; Avril Maddrell

Opis

Charity shops are now significant occupiers of the UK high street and are becoming familiar sites of consumption in the USA, Australia, Canada and Ireland. This volume provides an overview of the history and development of the charity shop. Material is drawn from a variety of disciplines, including marketing, retailing, cultural studies and social geography.

Spis treści

1. Consumption, Identity and Locality: a Theoretical Perspective on Charity Shops I 2. Retailing: a Theoretical Perspective on Charity Shops II 3. Customers and Demand: Thrift, Lifestyle, Convenience and Coming out of the Cold 4. Materialising Profit: from Donation to Distribution 5. Staffing the Charity Shop: Voluntary, Not-So-Voluntary and Paid Staff 6. Pricing and Competition: Hitting the Mark 7. 'It's all in the Mix': Profits, Lifecycles, Lifestyles, and the Future of Charity Shops

O autorze

Suzanne Horne, Avril Maddrell