About the Author

Gary Warnaby is Professor of Retailing and Marketing, based in the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests focus on the marketing of places and retailing. He is co-author of Relationship Marketing: A Consumer Experience Approach (Sage, 2010), co-editor of Rethinking Place Branding: Comprehensive Brand Development for Cities and Regions (Springer, 2015), and has contributed to numerous edited books.

Charlotte Shi is Lecturer in Fashion Marketing and Branding, based in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. Her research is centered on the interdisciplinary approach to marketing and retailing, focusing on the temporal dimensions of retailing. She has published in the Journal of Global Fashion Marketing and contributed to well-known Design and Branding conferences.