Tescopoly

How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why it Matters

Business & Finance, Business Reference, Business Ethics
Cover of the book Tescopoly by Andrew Simms, Little, Brown Book Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Andrew Simms ISBN: 9781780337401
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Publication: March 1, 2012
Imprint: Constable Language: English
Author: Andrew Simms
ISBN: 9781780337401
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication: March 1, 2012
Imprint: Constable
Language: English

You can shop anywhere you like -- as long as it's Tesco
The inexorable rise of supermarkets is big news but have we really taken on board what this means for our daily lives, and those of our children? In this searing analysis Andrew Simms, director of the acclaimed think-and-do-tank the New Economics Foundation and the person responsible for introducing 'Clone Towns' into our vernacular, tackles a subject none of us can afford to ignore. The book shows how the supermarkets -- and Tesco in particular -- have brought:
" Banality -- homogenized high streets full of clone stores
" Ghost towns -- superstores have drained the life from our town centres and communities
" A Supermarket State -- this new commercial nanny state that knows more about you than you think
" Profits from poverty -- shelves full of global plunder, produced for a pittance
" Global food domination -- as the superstores expand overseas
But there's change afoot, with evidence of the tide turning and consumer campaigns gaining ground. Simms ends with suggestions for change and coporate reformation to safeguard our communities and environment -- all over the world.

This book has been written and published independently from the Tescopoly Alliance and is not endorsed by them.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

You can shop anywhere you like -- as long as it's Tesco
The inexorable rise of supermarkets is big news but have we really taken on board what this means for our daily lives, and those of our children? In this searing analysis Andrew Simms, director of the acclaimed think-and-do-tank the New Economics Foundation and the person responsible for introducing 'Clone Towns' into our vernacular, tackles a subject none of us can afford to ignore. The book shows how the supermarkets -- and Tesco in particular -- have brought:
" Banality -- homogenized high streets full of clone stores
" Ghost towns -- superstores have drained the life from our town centres and communities
" A Supermarket State -- this new commercial nanny state that knows more about you than you think
" Profits from poverty -- shelves full of global plunder, produced for a pittance
" Global food domination -- as the superstores expand overseas
But there's change afoot, with evidence of the tide turning and consumer campaigns gaining ground. Simms ends with suggestions for change and coporate reformation to safeguard our communities and environment -- all over the world.

This book has been written and published independently from the Tescopoly Alliance and is not endorsed by them.

More books from Little, Brown Book Group

Cover of the book Do Your Own Divorce by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Sinner Takes All by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Reggie Kray's East End Stories by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Secrets Of The Sea by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Irongran by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book The Mind Makeover by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Better Dog Behaviour by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book An Apple From Eden by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book The Forbidden Universe by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book The History of Blood by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Smoke in the Lanes by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book A Bedlam of Bones by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Everything About You by Andrew Simms
Cover of the book Don't You Leave Me Here by Andrew Simms
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy