retail anthropology/science of shopping

Price Comparisons

I like the myriad of ways that I see markets doing and advertising price comparison studies. Just saw a very in-depth one that NOFA-VT did, and I like this blogger’s attitude and take on it. So that brings up a very good idea: if you see a good food blog in your community, contact them and ask them to communicate news about your market to new people interested in technology and food.
In any case, every market should do price comparisons, even if its for internal use only.

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1996 Profile of Paco Underhill and Retail Anthropology

This article from 1996 gave me some of my earliest knowledge of the retail anthropology idea and began my exploration of it, using it in the next few retail stores I managed and/or helped to design. I had already found Jane Jacobs and William Whyte by this date, whose groundbreaking studies on public spaces led to Paco’s work in the retail sector. Whyte’s work of course is also the basis for Projects for Public Spaces excellent design and analysis that continues still, and includes their Public Market work. Gladwell (the author of the piece) became known for his “The Tipping Point” book and other research of crowd behavior.
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Why the other line moves faster

Part of the quite fascinating research into shopping behavior. Does it help a market? It could help a market vendor….

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