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FOOD RETAILING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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FOOD RETAILING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

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LAURE LAVORATA

University Reims Champangne Ardennes, France

LEIGH SPARKS

University of Stirling, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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About the Authors

Barry J. Babin, Jr is the Max P. Watson, Jr. Endowed Professor of Business Research and Head of the Department of Marketing and Analysis at Louisiana Tech University. Barry’s research focuses on value creation driven by the consumer and employee interface within exchange environments. Email: bbabin@latech.edu

Enrico Colla is Emeritus Professor of ESCP-Europe and fellow of the E. Leclerc/ESCP-Europe chair on future retailing. He holds a PhD in Management Science from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University and HDR (French qualification for PhD supervision) from Paris Est Creteil University. His research interests fall into the following areas: comparative retailing, strategies of multinational retailers, e-commerce and multichannel retailing, industry-distribution relationships and regulation.

Tomasz Domański is Full Professor and runs the Department of International Marketing and Retailing at the University of Lodz in Poland. He carries out research and teaching programs in international marketing with special emphasis on international retailing strategies, marketing communications and service marketing. Email: tomdom@uni.lodz.pl

Irene Gil-Saura is Professor of Marketing at the University of Valencia (Spain). She holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration (1994) from the University of Valencia. Her main teaching and research interests include services marketing, consumer behaviour and retailing. Email: Irene.Gil@uv.es

Kevin W. James is Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr James conducts research on a variety of marketing topics but specialises in value elements within the marketing mix. Email: kwj002@gmail.com

Laure Lavorata is, since 2015, Full Professor at the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne. She coordinated an ANR project on: ‘Food Retail, Consumption and Sustainable Development’. Her research focuses on the ethics of retailers, marketing ethics and sustainable marketing. Email: laure.lavorata@univ-reims.fr

Ophélie Mugel is a PhD Student at University East of Paris and works with AgroParisTech Chair Sustainable Demand–Supply chain. Her thesis in Marketing focuses on the mechanisms to consumer perceptions on their ‘food well-being’, a new concept from Transformative Consumer Research. Email: opheliemugel@gmail.com

María Eugenia Ruiz-Molina is Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Valencia, Spain. Her main teaching and research interests include international marketing, sustainability, ICT, consumer behaviour and retailing. She has taught these topics as a visiting lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at several European Universities. Email: M.Eugenia.Ruiz@uv.es

Hanna Schramm-Klein is Full Professor of Marketing and Retailing Director of the Research Center for Consumer Protection and Vulnerable Consumers at the University of Siegen, Germany. Her research fields include retail marketing and shopper marketing, consumer goods marketing and international management. Email: hsk@uni-siegen.de

Leigh Sparks is Deputy Principal and Professor of Retail Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. He completed his MA at the University of Cambridge and his PhD at the University of Wales. His research concentrates on aspects of structural and spatial change in retailing. Email: leigh.sparks@stir.ac.uk