Thrift stores and the Gilded Age shopper -- Dressing Dada and the rise of flea markets -- Garage sales and suburban subversiveness -- The invention of vintage clothing -- Elective poverty and postwar politics -- Genderfuck and the boyfriend look -- Connoisseurs of trash in a world full of it --...

Monobrand-Stores, d.h. einem Unternehmen gehörende eigenständige Läden, die nur Produkte der eigenen Marke verkaufen, sind von zentraler Bedeutung für die Luxusmodeindustrie. Allerdings stehen diese Stores unter Druck, einerseits durch steigende Umsatzanteile des E-Commerce, andererseits...

This paper uses German household data on apparel purchases to show that, conditional on income, households differ with respect to their shopping outlets and the prices they pay. We estimate that high-price retailers are not affected by changes in import prices. By contrast, the pass-through for...

As a result of recent global trends, high street retailers are under increasing pressure to sustain the low cost business model whilst at the same time fulfilling the needs of an increasingly demanding consumer. This paper examines customer expectations of product quality and customer...