Retail Revelations
Tutor: Chris BrockenTuesday 2.30-4.30
Term starts 16th April 2013
The stories behind our shopping habits give fascinating insights into our social history. Packed with unusual stories and illustrated with advertisements, slogans and film, the course will chronicle the rise of catalogue shopping, department stores, chain stores, corner shops, supermarkets and discount stores. It emphasizes the symbiotic nature of our relationship with retail.