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Article Dans Une Revue Consumption, Markets and Culture Année : 2018

Going liquid: French food retail industry experiencing an interregnum

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By calling the present condition of the French food retail industry an interregnum, this research considers the impact of liquid modernity on this sector and looks for signs of a new order at a designing stage. Nine experts representing large retailers and entrepreneurs using alternative modes of food retailing were interviewed. An interpretive analysis reveals a wide diversity of changes. Following Bauman’s liquid metaphor, we identify shock, transformations, and crisis in food retailing, which we describe as phases that mark the dynamics in the shift from solid to liquid retailing. We discuss how retailers are adapting and deploying tactics both to respond and belong to these liquid times and how retailers can regain some legitimacy by claiming a role in territorial sovereignty.
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hal-04213972 , version 1 (21-09-2023)

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Maud Herbert, Isabelle Robert, Florent Saucède. Going liquid: French food retail industry experiencing an interregnum. Consumption, Markets and Culture, 2018, 21 (5), pp.445-474. ⟨10.1080/10253866.2018.1462169⟩. ⟨hal-04213972⟩
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