How the future of shopping was shaped by its past

In Depth, Out Loud by The Conversation

Apr 1, 202227:25Science & Medicine

How pop-ups, home delivery and fast fashion go back as far as the 1800s. Rachel Bowlby, professor of comparative literature at UCL tells the story of how the pandemic changed the way we shop – with many ‘new’ initiatives...

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