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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/
Hello, Bluesky!
We want to fund your research!
Check out our grants and fellowships!
Here: www.hagley.org/research/gra...
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Call for Applications: 2026 BHC Doctoral Colloquium in Business History
๐ London, UK, on March 26, 2026
Application deadline โผ๏ธ December 8, 2025 thebhc.org/doctoral-col...
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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
๐๏ธ July 27โ31, 2026 ๐จ CFP is NOW OPEN! โ๏ธ
The October 2025 issue of The Exchange is now out!
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'Pink Fiat', Bethnal Green Road (2024) by Doreen Fletcher
doreenfletcherartist.com
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Hear me talk about the American #wedding industry on the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
27.09.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hear me talk about the American #wedding industry on the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
27.09.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I 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.
Meet the 2026 BHC Program Committee
Theyโll be shaping the Business History Conference program around the theme: โCoโCreationโ
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London, March 26โ28, 2026 ๐ฌ๐ง
October 17, 2025
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BHC 2026
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"
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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...
Need expert insight on business, labor, finance, or technology history?
The #bhc Expertise Database can connect you with #bizhis #econhis #economy researchers ๐ ๐ถ
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Congratulations ๐ฏ ๐ 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
O is for Oxford Street
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'Wedding Cakes', W&G Buszard, Oxford Street (from 'High Street', 1938) by Eric Ravilious
๐ถ You don't know what you got 'til it's gone ๐ถ
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'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!
09.08.2025 13:15 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1'Old Building, Spring Bridge Rd, Ealing' (1995) by Dorothy A Wallace
(Ealing Central Library)
The Exchange โ August Issue is ๐ฌ mailchi.mp/thebhc/the-e...
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The circular economy starts on the high street
Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isnโt getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?
โ๏ธ Liz Silversmith
@lizsilversmith.bsky.social
ICYMI: My annual update on grocery market shares in Great Britain
stirlingretail.com/2025/08/05/g...
"shop till you drop" and "shop until you drop", 1945-2000.
@retailhistorian.bsky.social
๐ฃ Planning a panel for BHC 2026 in London?
Use our Session Organizer thebhc.org/session-orga... to connect and form panels ๐ก
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Sharing this new open access article on HRC by Rachel Bowlby. Part of our forthcoming special issue on #distribution. doi.org/10.1080/2373...
22.07.2025 11:52 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@entandsoc.bsky.social is delighted to announce that Prof. Ai Hisano has been chosen as incoming Editor-in-Chief. This is a truly exciting appointment that promises a bright new phase in the journal's history. More about Ai and her fascinating work can be found here:
www.aihisano.com
๐ฃ Announcing the #BHC Pat Denault Prize
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This $1,000 prize celebrates Pat Denaultโs remarkable service to the BHC and the fieldโfrom building our first website and coordinating editorial projects to launching The Exchange blog.
#BusinessHistory #BizHis #BHCPrize
'Bates Hat Shop, Jermyn Street, London' by Julian Barrow
markmurray.com
'Corner Shop, Canning Town' (1994) by Doreen Fletcher
doreenfletcherartist.com
๐ค: @doreenfletcher.bsky.social
'Wet Evening, Oxford Street' (1919) by Christopher RW Nevinson
01.07.2025 10:47 โ ๐ 117 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0'Harrods' by Juan del Pozo
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'Putney High Street, Winter' by Benjamin Hope
benjaminhope.net