Tag: retail sector
The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the...
Singles Day shows China’s global retail power
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University
Nov. 11, or 11/11, has been celebrated as Singles Day – a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day for single people...
What you see in a 3D scan of yourself could be...
Jessica Ridgway Clayton, Florida State University
Amazon is reportedly looking for people who are willing to have their bodies scanned in 3D in order to...
Have reports of Black Friday’s death been greatly exaggerated?
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Black Friday is hyped as one of the biggest in-store shopping days of the year, with stores trumpeting...
EXPLORING NATURE
Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the...
Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Vanderbilt University and Aditya Reddy Kurre, University of Pennsylvania
A two-toed sloth at the...
