Birmingham's Frankfurt christmas market: Innovative urban policy in                     action

Bloomfield, Jon

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“…The UK is one of the countries that has seen a prolific rise in the spread and popularity of Christmas markets since the 1990s. Here, Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas market reported annual visitor numbers of 2.8 million in its 6th year, making it not only the biggest German Christmas market outside of Germany, but also placing it in the top ten most visited Christmas markets globally (Bloomfield 2010).…”

Section: Christmas Marketspart Of the Christmas Traditions Portfoliomentioning

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Christmas markets – marketplace icon

Broeckerhoff

Galalae

2020

Consumption Markets & Culture

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Christmas markets, originating in Germany in the Middle Ages, have transformed from small-scale, local consumption spaces into a global icon for Christmas consumption behaviours. What has facilitated this rise to a global cultural commodity for experiential consumption? Tracing the history of Christmas markets, we highlight two characteristics that have facilitated their iconicity: openness across historical and cultural contexts and an ability to incorporate a variety of complex meanings that have, at different points, "masked" or enhanced their commercial nature. We argue that the maintenance of Christmas markets as marketplace icons will rely on their ability to continue to adapt to the consumption zeitgeist of the multiple environments where they operate.

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Section: Christmas Marketspart Of the Christmas Traditions Portfoliomentioning

confidence: 99%

Christmas markets – marketplace icon

Broeckerhoff

Galalae

2020

Consumption Markets & Culture

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“…Birmingham has successfully transferred the European custom of Christmas market (Bloom…eld 2010) 2. Christmas makes a di¤erence, even for green consumers (Farbotko and Head 2013).…”

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Christmas Economics - A Sleigh Ride

Birg

Goeddeke

2014

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract Do you believe that at Christmas time the gas prices, the economy and the number of suicides peak? Do you think that the value of presents you are giving to your beloved is of importance? We show in this paper that conventional wisdom about Christmas is often doubtful. Furthermore, we give an idea of how Santa Claus -and maybe you -is able to …nance Christmas celebrations, why emergency departments are a place to especially avoid during this time of the year and why Christmas tree growers might care to explain the di¤erences across species to you this year. We cannot clearly establish whether Christmas entails a welfare loss or gain, however, we give you an idea as to which institutional settings might reduce a potential welfare loss. Also, we give advice about which behaviours might get you more Christmas presents from Santa this year. Finally, we …nd that more research is needed to give conclusive reasons why Santa Claus actually brings presents to (nearly) everyone. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor mayJEL classi…cation: A12, D1, D6, E3, H4, I1, Z1, XM45

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Synchronising retail and space: using urban squares for competitive place differentiation

Warnaby

2012

Consumption Markets & Culture

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Birmingham's Frankfurt christmas market: Innovative urban policy in action

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Christmas markets – marketplace icon

Christmas markets – marketplace icon

Christmas Economics - A Sleigh Ride

Synchronising retail and space: using urban squares for competitive place differentiation

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