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Tag Archives: publication
New publication: From bean to cup and beyond: exploring ethical consumption and coffee shops
To finish off the year on the café spaces blog, a new article drawing on our research around the coffee shop industry and ethical consumption has been published in the Journal of Consumer Ethics. As part of a special issue … Continue reading
Exploring Chinese Specialty Coffee: Yunnan highlights
China has a developing coffee culture both in terms of its coffee shop industry, but also its coffee farming. Back in 2016 Perfect Daily Grind reported how China was increasing its coffee production (particularly in the Yunnan, Fujian, and Hainan … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, China, Coffee, coffee culture, Coffee Growing, Coffee industry
Tagged academic journal, Business horizons, China, Chinese coffee, coffee, coffee culture, Cricklewood Coffee Roasters, Fuyan cooperative, Grumpy Mule Coffee, publication, research, Specialty Coffee, Yunnan
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New publication: Challenges and opportunities of new retail horizons in emerging markets: The case of a rising coffee culture in China
If you follow news about developments in the coffee and coffee shop industry then you may have seen recent articles about the growth of coffee shop culture in China, in particular about the rapid growth of Luckin Coffee, (a Beijing … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, China, Coffee, coffee culture, Coffee Growing, Coffee industry, Costa Coffee, Global Chains, Journal article, Publications, research, Starbucks
Tagged China, Chinese coffee, coffee, coffee culture, coffee shop, coffee shop chains, Costa Coffee, emerging markets, Growth, Journal article, Luckin Coffee, publication, research, retail, Specialty Coffee, Starbucks
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‘Cafe Nation’ revisited
As a researcher in a university, part of my job is to write. One outlet for the pieces I write is the academic journal, although I do try to write for different audiences via various outlets. When academics write articles, … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Coffee, Coffee industry, Publications, research
Tagged academic journal, Area, Cafe, Cafe Nation, coffee shop, Coffee Shop Industry, geography, journal, paper, publication, research, writing
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Innovate Magazine: Café Society
Landing on my desk at work this week was the most recent issue of Coventry University’s Research and Enterprise magazine, Innovate. Some of my work around the importance of cafés and coffee shops for many people in modern society is … Continue reading
Spaces of Community: Dynamics in the cafe industry – Research Summary
The ‘Cafe Spaces’ blog was originally established to support the activities around the research project ‘Spaces of Community: exploring dynamics in the café industry‘, which sought to explore the growth and development of the café industry in the UK, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Coffee, coffee culture, Commentaries, community, reading, Reports, UK, Use of cafe spaces
Tagged Cafe, Cafe Industry, Cafe Spaces, coffee, coffee house, coffee shop, community development, publication, qualitative research, Report, research summary, UK, urban communities
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Cafe Spaces in 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, like many other people, I’ve been reflecting on how things have developed this year. While there have been many developments in my cafe industry research project, events in my personal life have meant that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, A year in review, baby, blog posts, Book, Cafe, Cafe Spaces, coffee, coffee shop north, Coffee Shops, coventry, Greece, historical tour, journal, London, maternity leave, Mikel Coffee Co, New Year, publication, Sustainability
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Cafe Nation? New publication on the UK cafe industry
So while the ‘Spaces of Community‘ project has now been going for a bit now academic publishing time scales means that it’s only now that some of the publications are coming into fruition. The first article published this month which … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Journal article, Reports, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged Cafe, Cafe Industry, Caffe Nero., coffe shop, coffee, coffee house, Costa Coffee, Growth, journal, publication, retail, Starbucks, UK
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Coffee Shop North
Recently I had a short article published in a kick-starter funded book: Coffee Shop North. Organised by Dan Saul Pilgrim the publication is a visually led book which explores some of the highlights of the independent coffee industry in the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Cafe Culture, Coffee, Uncategorized
Tagged Book, Cafe, coffee, coffee shop north, essay, photography, publication, UK
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Revisiting ‘Cafe Nation: Exploring the growth of the UK cafe industry’ – journal article made free to read until 2020
Back in March 2018 I found out that one of my articles ‘Cafe Nation: Exploring the growth of the UK cafe industry‘ in the journal Area had been identified as one of the most downloaded, and so was made free … Continue reading →