{"product_id":"tescopoly-how-one-shop-came-out-on-top-and-why-it-matters","title":"Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why it Matters (rarebook) by andrew simms","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can shop anywhere you like -- as long as it's Tesco\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 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:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" Banality -- homogenized high streets full of clone stores\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" Ghost towns -- superstores have drained the life from our town centres and communities\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" A Supermarket State -- this New commercial nanny state that knows more about you than you think\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" Profits from poverty -- shelves full of global plunder, produced for a pittance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" Global food domination -- as the superstores expand overseas\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book has been written and published independently from the Tescopoly Alliance and is not endorsed by them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45156664017082,"sku":"2GSOT2AWY-Used","price":39.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/Tescopoly.jpg?v=1758035927","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/tescopoly-how-one-shop-came-out-on-top-and-why-it-matters","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}