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Journal of Place Management and Development
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify ways to develop museum shop product, which will ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify ways to develop museum shop product, which will possess competitive advantage, and to recommend what should be done to develop such product so that it has a positive impact on the city brand of St. Petersburg. Design/methodology/approach In total, 76 museums have been studied through the observation method to describe their shops’ inventory in terms of percentages of each product. Mostly St. Petersburg museums were included in the analysis. The observation method enabled the researchers to analyse the inventory of the museum souvenir shops. The findings of the analysis enabled the researchers to reach conclusions about museums’ strategies of product development. Findings The research allowed to make the conclusion that although the museum shops in St.Petersburg demonstrate positive tendencies in the development of competitive stores’ products a lot of work is still to be done. Not all museums are characterised by availability of clear...
Case Studies in Food Retailing and Distribution, 2019
The chapter discusses the food economy and the way it falls into a collaborative consumption mode... more The chapter discusses the food economy and the way it falls into a collaborative consumption model based on sharing, assisted by the internet. Starting with a review of the sharing economy, the chapter evaluates food-sharing platforms that are taking the social dimensions of dining to new levels. Food sharing comprises diverse concepts indicating a new phenomenon that people in urban spaces, particularly in cities share land to produce food (e.g., community gardens), which also blurs the boundaries between work and home. The case study of food sharing platform BonAppetour.com is presented as an exploratory approach to this relatively new and unique topic. Findings identify key variables in the relationship between local gastronomy, home restaurants, and the competitiveness of the new market.
Leisure Studies
Drawing on the Manchester and Salford Whit Walks, a Church of England Whitsuntide procession, thi... more Drawing on the Manchester and Salford Whit Walks, a Church of England Whitsuntide procession, this research adopts della Dora's concept of the infrasecular to interpret the interstitiality of the religious or civic nature of leisure experiences in the urban context. Processional walking at Whitsuntide originated as a pre-industrial custom that was simultaneously a religious and a leisure practice. However, with the decline of religion the meanings the Whit Walks have changed in a number of dimensions. Using the lens of infrasecular geography, this research explored the ways in which these Walks have remade sacred space in the secular city through an historical account of their evolution, interviews with participants and observation. The research re-emphasises the continuing importance of custom to contemporary leisure practice and through the infrasecular lens enables new insights into the dynamics of the historical spaces of leisure practice. The study concludes that religion remains an important influence on leisure and that the concept of the infrasecular merits further investigation in leisure practices.
Journal of Place Management and Development
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify ways to develop museum shop product, which will ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify ways to develop museum shop product, which will possess competitive advantage, and to recommend what should be done to develop such product so that it has a positive impact on the city brand of St. Petersburg. Design/methodology/approach In total, 76 museums have been studied through the observation method to describe their shops’ inventory in terms of percentages of each product. Mostly St. Petersburg museums were included in the analysis. The observation method enabled the researchers to analyse the inventory of the museum souvenir shops. The findings of the analysis enabled the researchers to reach conclusions about museums’ strategies of product development. Findings The research allowed to make the conclusion that although the museum shops in St.Petersburg demonstrate positive tendencies in the development of competitive stores’ products a lot of work is still to be done. Not all museums are characterised by availability of clear...
Case Studies in Food Retailing and Distribution, 2019
The chapter discusses the food economy and the way it falls into a collaborative consumption mode... more The chapter discusses the food economy and the way it falls into a collaborative consumption model based on sharing, assisted by the internet. Starting with a review of the sharing economy, the chapter evaluates food-sharing platforms that are taking the social dimensions of dining to new levels. Food sharing comprises diverse concepts indicating a new phenomenon that people in urban spaces, particularly in cities share land to produce food (e.g., community gardens), which also blurs the boundaries between work and home. The case study of food sharing platform BonAppetour.com is presented as an exploratory approach to this relatively new and unique topic. Findings identify key variables in the relationship between local gastronomy, home restaurants, and the competitiveness of the new market.
Leisure Studies
Drawing on the Manchester and Salford Whit Walks, a Church of England Whitsuntide procession, thi... more Drawing on the Manchester and Salford Whit Walks, a Church of England Whitsuntide procession, this research adopts della Dora's concept of the infrasecular to interpret the interstitiality of the religious or civic nature of leisure experiences in the urban context. Processional walking at Whitsuntide originated as a pre-industrial custom that was simultaneously a religious and a leisure practice. However, with the decline of religion the meanings the Whit Walks have changed in a number of dimensions. Using the lens of infrasecular geography, this research explored the ways in which these Walks have remade sacred space in the secular city through an historical account of their evolution, interviews with participants and observation. The research re-emphasises the continuing importance of custom to contemporary leisure practice and through the infrasecular lens enables new insights into the dynamics of the historical spaces of leisure practice. The study concludes that religion remains an important influence on leisure and that the concept of the infrasecular merits further investigation in leisure practices.