La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia

The retail surface is the result of an institutional frame who rules the way by which people interacts with commodities. It is therefore a source of information about social dynamics, an anthropological source, who must be understood on the field. This paper shows that linking goods to free gifts,...

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Main Author: Gianluca Mantoani
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Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2014-04-01
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Online Access:https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/104
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description The retail surface is the result of an institutional frame who rules the way by which people interacts with commodities. It is therefore a source of information about social dynamics, an anthropological source, who must be understood on the field. This paper shows that linking goods to free gifts, a well-known sales strategy, works through the basic relational value of “trust”, usually considered far from the typical habitus of trade relations but instead fundamental to let selling good express theyr own “commodity candidacy”.
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spelling doaj-art-cf04f8b84d8c4971a64e80657e5bca4b2025-02-04T03:45:15ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762014-04-0121La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiduciaGianluca Mantoani The retail surface is the result of an institutional frame who rules the way by which people interacts with commodities. It is therefore a source of information about social dynamics, an anthropological source, who must be understood on the field. This paper shows that linking goods to free gifts, a well-known sales strategy, works through the basic relational value of “trust”, usually considered far from the typical habitus of trade relations but instead fundamental to let selling good express theyr own “commodity candidacy”. https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/104retailgiftcommoditiestrusthypermarket
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La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia
EtnoAntropologia
retail
gift
commodities
trust
hypermarket
title La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia
title_full La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia
title_fullStr La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia
title_full_unstemmed La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia
title_short La merce-dono. Etnografia della Vendita: promozioni, omaggi, fiducia
title_sort la merce dono etnografia della vendita promozioni omaggi fiducia
topic retail
gift
commodities
trust
hypermarket
url https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/104
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