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Image description: supermarket shelves with groceries. There were three stages of my reaction to the news that the Cowley Road Tesco would be closing until the autumn: denial, panic, and somewhat successful attempts to adjust. First came the denial. One quiet morning a newsletter came through my letterbox announcing the closure of said Tesco for […]
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Image Description: four hands raised from the bottom of the photo, each holding up a wad of cash When shopping online, the option to pay the full amount upfront is now often challenged by the alternative of paying in smaller weekly, bi-weekly, or even monthly interest-free instalments, over a set period of time, using the […]
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On the 25th March 2020, St Peter’s College’s Jack Solomon and Merton College’s Julia Willemyns’s ‘Find My Pasta’ app was launched for all intents and purposes in order to help quell consumer frenzy and direct the public to available commodities. With Boris Johnson limiting us to just one walk a day from the 23rd March […]
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Admit it, we have it good. From the Upper Radcliffe Camera’s elegantly sweeping ceiling to the futuristic maze of tunnels in the Bodleian – Oxford is an idyllic reading space. However, beyond the city of dreaming spires’ confines lies a myriad of bookshops, offering the opportunity to uncover an obscure 18th century tome in a […]
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‘It doesn’t feel like I’m in Oxford anymore’, said a lady I overheard on the escalator. And with the new Alice in Wonderland-themed opening, perhaps that’s what is intended. I am of course talking about the opening of the new Westgate centre on Tuesday 24th November, finally opening its doors after 2 years of construction. […]
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When shopping, it can be easy to forget that amongst global industries, the fashion industry ranks as the second most environmentally polluting and also as one of the largest operators of child and slave labor. For this reason, I try to say that I “only shop ethically,” but sometimes, my resolve crumbles as soon as […]
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A walk down Cornmarket is enough to show anyone that Oxford has, by no means, escaped the grasp of giant, multinational chains. It cannot be denied, though, that small and independent businesses do seem to hold their own and even thrive alongside these corporate giants. The covered market, Cowley Road and the High Street are […]
Continue ReadingStudents at St John’s College have received a warning after a number of abandoned shopping trolleys have been found around the college grounds.
Continue ReadingHaving fallen in love with LouLou’s Vintage Fair last term, the fact I eagerly awaited the January return of the ‘Best Vintage Fair in the UK comes as no surprise. So after a week of cramming for collections and a heavy night at Wahoo, I awoke on Saturday 18th January with muted excitement. Today was […]
Continue ReadingI can still remember the first time I made an online puchase. A few years back, I was sitting tentatively in front of the computer, with my debit card in one hand and the mouse in the other. On the screen was the online shopping page of NEXT, and selected was a pair of khaki […]
Continue ReadingIt was announced this week that Cowley Road music store Professional Music Technology (PMT) will be allowed to remain in business. The shop was facing the axe after hotel chain Travelodge were given planning permission to open up a branch on the floor above. In accordance with the company’s business model, Travelodge would only open […]
Continue ReadingAs you pack for your first (or third!) year of university and prepare for Freshers’ Week, it can be hard to know what should go and what should stay. Space is short, and your dad’s eyes are worryingly jumping between your five suitcases and the car boot … It’s impossible to tell what you really […]
Continue ReadingRichard Longhurst has been making a buzz in the world of online shopping for over a decade. In 2002 he co-founded Lovehoney with friend and business partner Neal Slateford, and has since seen the company become the biggest online retailer of sex toys in the UK, and a major player in the online market worldwide. […]
Continue ReadingLouisa Thompson’s bugbear is the barbarity of the January High Street.
Continue ReadingLizzie Porter confesses to a penchant for retail therapy
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