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Vicki Howard
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Visiting Fellow at University of Essex; Editor of History of Retailing and Consumption. Submit here: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rhrc20 Author of From Main Street to Mall (2015) https://www.pennpress.org/9780812224399/from-main-street-to-mall/
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Vicki Howard @retailhistorian.bsky.social · Nov 29
Wrapping up vol. 10 of #History of #Retailing and #Consumption and looking ahead to 2025. If you have an idea for a thematic special issue, please contact me or my co-editor, Jon Stobart. Or submit your individual article here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rhr.... Several formats possible.
History of Retailing and Consumption
History of Retailing and Consumption publishes on all aspects of the history of retailing and consumption: from the literary, to the spatial, to the economic.
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 5d
The next deadline for Research and Dissertation Fellowships is coming up on 📆 November 1!

Find all the details here thebhc.org/henry-kaufma...

Endowed by and named in honor of renowned economist Dr. Henry Kaufman

#bizhis #fellowships #finhis
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 4d
'Recent Past', Waterstones, Piccadilly (2004) by John Duffin
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 11d
BHC2026 UPCOMING DEADLINE -> Submit proposals by October 17th 2025
thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee...
March 26th - 28th, 2026 "Co-Creation"

@entandsoc.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social
BHC 2026
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Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · 19d
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
DEADLINE APPROACHING

The Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social

Research and Dissertation fellowships
application deadline NOVEMBER 1st

Endowed by renowned economist Henry "Dr. Doom" Kaufman

Info: thebhc.org/henry-kaufma...
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Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hello, Bluesky!
We want to fund your research!
Check out our grants and fellowships!
Here: www.hagley.org/research/gra...
Grants & Fellowships
Hagley invites serious researchers to apply for one of our grants to defray the costs of an extended stay intended to use our collections. Grants and fellowships are administered by the Center for the...
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businesshistoryc.bsky.social
Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 23
Call for Applications: 2026 BHC Doctoral Colloquium in Business History
📍 London, UK, on March 26, 2026
Application deadline ‼️ December 8, 2025 thebhc.org/doctoral-col...

#bizhis @businesshistory.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @repec-nep-his.bsky.social
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝗛𝗖 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 25
🌍📜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 - 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🏙️✨
Sponsored and hosted by the Business History Society of Japan, Canadian Business History Association, Business History Conference, and European Business History Association www.worldcbh.org/CfP2026

🗓️ July 27–31, 2026 🚨 CFP is NOW OPEN! ✈️
Call for Papers Toronto 2026
3rd World Congress of Business History, Toronto, Canada 29th Congress of the European Business History Association
www.worldcbh.org
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 23d
The October 2025 issue of The Exchange is now out!

#BHC #BHC2026 #bizhis
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 26d
'Pink Fiat', Bethnal Green Road (2024) by Doreen Fletcher
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Vicki Howard @retailhistorian.bsky.social · 28d
Hear me talk about the American #wedding industry on the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Forum - Weddings: romance and ritual - BBC Sounds
Lifting the veil on the history of marriage ceremonies
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Vicki Howard @retailhistorian.bsky.social · 28d
Hear me talk about the American #wedding industry on the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Forum - Weddings: romance and ritual - BBC Sounds
Lifting the veil on the history of marriage ceremonies
www.bbc.co.uk
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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · Sep 22
I once saw a striking Renaissance-era portrait of a city councillor. He was middle-aged and looked serious but kind, and I think he was wearing a red square hat and very plain black jacket. Maybe Italian, but not from a famous family.

Sound familiar? Would love to find this painting.
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 16
Meet the 2026 BHC Program Committee
They’ll be shaping the Business History Conference program around the theme: “Co‑Creation”
#BHC2026 thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee...
London, March 26–28, 2026 🇬🇧
October 17, 2025
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 26
The BHC is coming to London!!
Upcoming deadline -> Submit proposals by October 17th 2025
thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee...
March 26th - 28th, 2026 "Co-Creation"

@entandsoc.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social
BHC 2026
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Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · Sep 5
Many congratulations to @entandsoc.bsky.social authors Sarah Elvins and Katherine Barkin, very worthy winners of CBHA 2025 best article prize. We are proud to have published this fascinating paper on "The Business of Abortion":
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 9
Need expert insight on business, labor, finance, or technology history?
The #bhc Expertise Database can connect you with #bizhis #econhis #economy researchers 👇 📶

#BusinessHistory #Expertise @slate.com @us.theconversation.com @financewatch.bsky.social
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 4
Congratulations 💯 🎉 Sarah Elvins and Katherine Barkin, winners of the CBHA 2025 article prize networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

The Business of Abortion ... @entandsoc.bsky.social (2024) doi.org/10.1017/eso.... #bizhis #abortion
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · Sep 4
O is for Oxford Street
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'Wedding Cakes', W&G Buszard, Oxford Street (from 'High Street', 1938) by Eric Ravilious
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · Aug 14
🎶 You don't know what you got 'til it's gone 🎶
There was a time when walking into certain department stores included the beautiful aromas of wonderful food.
Such was the case with the Zellers Restaurant.
This is its story!

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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · Aug 9
Penn Press's 2025 catalog is here! Learn more about the great books we have coming this season in subjects like American history, medieval & early modern studies, Jewish studies, anthropology, human rights, African American studies, and beyond!
Our Fall 2025 catalog is here!
Browse the PDF and learn about Penn Press's exciting new titles.
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · Aug 1
'Old Building, Spring Bridge Rd, Ealing' (1995) by Dorothy A Wallace

(Ealing Central Library)
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 1
The Exchange – August Issue is 📬 mailchi.mp/thebhc/the-e...
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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 1
The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

✍️ Liz Silversmith

@lizsilversmith.bsky.social
The circular economy starts on the high street
Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?
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Leigh Sparks @sparksstirling.bsky.social · Aug 6
ICYMI: My annual update on grocery market shares in Great Britain

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Grocery Market Shares in Great Britain, 1997 to 2025
As regular readers of this blog will be aware, any commentary I make on market shares derives from the longer-term bigger picture rather than on the monthly or weekly data. My preferred source is K…
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ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · Aug 3
"shop till you drop" and "shop until you drop", 1945-2000.
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