Expertise Database

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Vicki Howard
University of Essex (Bio)
Retailing, Consumer Culture, gender, policy
Twitter@Retailhistorian
Marc Levinson
Economist, Independent Scholar (Bio)
Transportation, Retailing, supply chains and globalization, regulation, Finance

Rui Shi
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Lecturer, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (Bio)
Retailing, supply chains and globalization, Business and social history of socialist systems, Department Stores, Supermarkets, History of Consumption, Fashion and Textiles, Consumer Cultures, Institutional Change