List of Contributors xviii 1 Introduction 1 Daniel Paiva and Pedro Guimarães Introduction 1 Changing Contemporary Retail Landscapes 2 Changing Consumption Practices 4 The Digitalization of Urban Retail and Consumption 6 The Governance of Urban Consumption Spaces 8 The Contents of this Companion 9 References 13 Part 1 New Readings on Contemporary Retail Landscapes 17 2 The Recent Transformation of Central Squares: On the Interrelation Between Retail, Recreation and Mobility 19 Mattias Kärrholm From Market Squares to Parking 20 Pedestrianization, Public Transport, and Entertaining the Crowds 22 On Recent Transformations 25 References 29 3 Towards a Research Agenda for High Street Atmospheres 32 Chloe Steadman Introduction 32 Experiencing the High Street 33 Sensory Experience 33 Customer Journeys 34 Atmospheres of High Street Attractions 35 Retail and Service Outlets 36 Markets 38 Urban Squares 39 Events 40 A Research Agenda for High Street Atmospheres 41 How to Measure High Street Atmospheres 41 How to Boost High Street Atmospheres 43 How Policy Influences High Street Atmospheres 44 Conclusions 45 References 46 4 Eventification and Urban Branding 52 Waldemar Cudny Introduction 52 Place Marketing: A Neoliberal Approach to Urban Management 53 City Branding as a Policy 55 Events and Eventification 57 Events 57 Eventification 60 Event-driven City Branding: A Case for Eventification 62 Conclusions 67 References 69 5 Reinventing Shanghai''s Shopping Centers in the Post- Covid Digital Era: A Tale of Creative Destruction 74 Fujie Rao, Weiting Qin, and Yiwen Liu Desires 76 The Proliferation of Shopping Centers 77 The Surge of Online Retailing 79 Adaptations 80 Reconfiguration of Brick-and-mortar Retailing 81 Expansion of Online Retailing into the Physical Space 83 Trends 85 Creative Reinvention 86 Destruction to Sustainable Urban Transitions 87 What''s Next? 88 Acknowledgements 89 References 89 6 ''Consuming Heritage'' in Tianjin''s Former International Concessions: Leisure, Tourism, and Experiential Shopping, Between the Local and the Global 92 Maria Gravari- Barbas, Chensi Shen, Yue Lu, and Sandra Guinand Introduction 92 Retail and the Commodification of Culture 94 Geographical Imaginaries 94 Exoticism and Authenticity in Tourist and Commercial Settings 94 Commodification of Culture and Retail 96 Consuming Hybrid and Exotic Products in Former Concessions 96 Heritage, Creativity, and Experiential Shopping in Wudadao, Tianjin 97 Wudadao, a Part of the Former English Concession in Tianjin 97 Wudadao as the Theatre of Creative Commerce in a (Reinvented) Heritage Context 98 Selling Hybrid Exoticism in Wudadao 100 Wudadao, the Former British Concession, an Exotic Heterotopia for Consumption 101 Setting Up an Exotic Stage: Travelling Around Utopia World in the Former Concession 102 A Blended Cultural Representation: Middle Class with Global Consumption Tastes 105 A Social Media-Triggered Local Turn: The Combination of Local Characteristics and Exotic Imaginations 107 Conclusion 109 References 110 7 Retail Ruins, Revisited 114 Jacob C. Miller Introduction 114 Retail Ruins 115 Ruin Atmospheres and Dead Malls 118 Ruination, and Then What? 122 Community-led Development and Radical Approaches 124 Observing and Photographing Retail Ruins 126 Conclusion 130 References 131 8 Key Actors and Factors in the Evolution and Diversification of Shopping Malls in Mexico City 135 José Gasca Zamora Introduction 135 Actors and Drivers of Shopping Mall Diversification 136 Developers and Financiers 139 Diversification of Content, Function, and Morphology 143 Big Boxes with Anchor Department Stores 143 Retail Complexes and New Leisure-entertainment Options 145 Multi-scale and Multi-functional Models with High Leisure and Entertainment Content 146 Conclusions 151 References 152 9 The Production of Space and Sociospatial Fragmentation of Consumption Places 155 Cláudio Smalley Soares Pereira Introduction 155 Production of Space and Urbanization According to Henri Lefebvre 156 Sociospatial Fragmentation and Consumption Based on the Production of Space 159 Sociospatial Fragmentation and Consumption as a New Urban Condition in Latin America 164 Final Considerations 170 Acknowledgements 171 References 172 Part 2 New Perspectives on Changing Consumption Practices 175 10 Urban Consumption, Inequality, and Social Conflict 177 Daniel Paiva Introduction 177 Consumption and the Urban Structure 178 Consumption and Urban Transformation 180 Social Consequences of the Consumption-oriented City 182 Consumption and Conflict 184 Conflict as an Object of Consumption 185 Conclusion 187 References 188 11 Retail, Consumption, and Gender 193 Liliana De Simone Introduction 193 Gender in the City 194 The Sexual Division of the Public Sphere 195 Consumer Activities in a Gendered Environment: A Historical Perspective 196 Women and Modern Consumption 199 The Department Store and the Invention of the Shopping Day 200 To See and to Be Seen at the Supermarket 202 The Shopping Mall as a Safe Space for Female Consumers and Caregivers 203 Consumption as an Empowering and Emancipatory Act 205 Conclusions on Intersectionality, Retail, and the City 208 References 209 12 Ethnic Retail Clusters in Helsinki: From Ethnification of Poverty to Socio- Economic Resilience 212 Hossam Hewidy and Johanna Lilius Introduction 212 Ethnic Retail Cluster: A Sign of Resilience? 214 Strip Malls and Competition 215 Authenticity, Retail, and Place Making 217 Retail Gentrification and Spatial Justice 220 Conclusion: Socio-Economic Resilience Amidst Gentrification Threats 221 References 223 13 Beyond Bricks and Mortar: The Evolving Neighbourhood Commercial Landscape in Toronto 229 Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang Introduction 229 The Past: Major Character and Historical Changes of Toronto''s Commercial Landscape 231 The Present: Retaining Neighbourhood Commercial Spaces 234 BIAs as Place-makers 235 Creating New Commercial Spaces via Public-Private Partnership and Social Enterprise 236 Community Development Initiatives 238 The Future of Neighbourhood Retailing: Emerging Trends, Innovations, and Strategies 239 Conclusion 243 Acknowledgements 245 References 245 14 Consuming an Urban Experience - Contemporary Applications of Pedestrianization and Public Space 248 Kelly Gregg Introduction 248 Contemporary Ideas and Expectations for - Public Space, Social Connections, Urban Life, and Pedestrian Streets 249 Twentieth-century Ideas and Expectations for Pedestrianization 252 Contemporary Pedestrianization an Array of Example Cases 254 Space of Urban Vitality, Regeneration, and Gentrification - The Fulton Street Mall in Brooklyn, NY 254 Spaces of Tactical Experimentation, Climate Change Adaptation, Residential Individualization, and Traffic Limitation -Shared Streets and Green Streets in Antwerp, Belgium 256 Spaces of Local Retail, Neighbourhood Identity, and Seasonal Pedestrianization -Summer Pedestrian Streets in Montréal, Canada 258 Conclusion 259 References 261 15 Consumption and Urban Emotions in a Changing Climate 264 Marcia Alves Soares da Silva and Diogo Marcelo Delben Ferreira de Lima Introduction 264 Emotions and Atmospheres in Experiences of Consuming 266 Atmospheres and Consumption 267 Climatic-Affective Atmospheres: Consumption and Thermal Landscapes 269 The Atmospheric Experience in Cuiabá: Brazil''s Hottest Capital 272 Consumption in Cuiabá''s Atmosphere 274 Conclusion 280 References 281 16 From No- Go to Must- See: Squatting, Touristification, and Fragile Atmospheres in Ljubljana 285 Sandi Abram and Nathan Siegrist Introduction 285 A Very Brief History of Squatting and New Advances 287 Designing and Staging Atmospheres in Ljubljana 290 ''They don''t accept us because they see us as a hand from the city'': Tourism and Atmospheric Transformations in Metelkova 292 ''For me, the most important place in the city is Metelkova'': Official Discourses on Designing Atmospheres in Metelkova 294 ''This touristification will probably be the end of Metelkova, right?'': Squatters'' Perceptions of the Fragile Atmospheres 296 ''Top concerts, top atmosphere, great people, close to the center, . do not miss it!'': Metelkova, Reviewed 298 Concluding Discussion 300 Acknowledgements 301 References 301 17 Indulgent Sounds. Listening to Sonic Strategies to Foster Consumption Within Entertainment Neighbourhoods 306 Nicola Di Croce Introduction 306 The Aestheticization of Public Space 307 Sonic Expe.