By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 13 January 2022 Photo by Warren Wong on Unsplash Martin Moström from Retail House shares insights on the necessity for the retail sector to embrace change. Contrary to rumours, the physical store is far from obsolete; it has consistently evolved. Over the past two decades in the grocery trade, store numbers in Sweden

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/seeing-grocery-store-fresh-eyes - 2025-01-27

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 17 September 2021 Photo by Blake Wisz on Unsplash Recent developments in the retail sector—increased competition, a focus on sustainability, and the pervasive digitization—have prompted discussions on its long-term competitiveness and the potential for more systematic innovation alongside daily operational activities

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/continuous-improvement-systematic-innovation-retail-utopia-or-opportunity - 2025-01-27

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 18 May 2022 Our city centres and their development are a subject of constant debate. Ulf Johansson suggests that, if we let the market decide, our city centres will eventually be emptied of retail. Most recently, representatives from our food retailers suggested to municipalities that regulations on establishment loc

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/should-market-manage-our-city-centres - 2025-01-27

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 30 November 2021 Söder street market, Helsingborg, Photo: Devrim Umut Aslan. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, some shopping geographies had difficulties while others proved to be more resilient. Devrim Umut Aslan discusses what we can learn from these resilient places. A global pandemic hit the world, radically changi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-maintain-town-centre-retail-times-crisis - 2025-01-27

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 7 October 2022 Photo: iStock Crafting positive customer experiences has become increasingly crucial for retailers and third-party logistics providers, with delivery playing a pivotal role. Deliveries play a big part in this. With more people buying things online, there are more packages to deliver. This puts a lot of

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/customer-experience-key-world-class-delivery - 2025-01-27

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 21 September 2023 The new retail landscape is complex. New types of touchpoints and new store formats mean messy, non-linear customer journeys with multiple online and offline touchpoints. If we want to understand these journeys, and what value customers derive from new and innovative touchpoints, we must use methods

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/messy-customer-journey-self-mapping - 2025-01-27

By linnea [dot] morth [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Linnea Mörth) - published 23 January 2024 The LUSEM students with team coach Mats Urde. Photo: Private. Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) made fireworks at the 2024 John Molson MBA International Case Competition, securing 3rd place in the final. Teacher Mats Urde received the award for Coach of the Year, and the LUSEM team

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/outstanding-results-lusem-worlds-biggest-business-case-competition - 2025-01-27

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 24 January 2024 Special issue on the future of retail and consumption Consumption and retail marketing researchers are invited to contribute to a special issue about the future of consumption and the future of the retail marketplace in The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research. In an era

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-future-retail-and-consumption - 2025-01-27

Published 29 May 2018 Pictured: Sebastian Lindeborg and Eric Stussare Fidelity Investments handles financial services all over the world and is on many finance students' wish list of future employers. Active members of Lund University Finance Society (LINC), have for several years in a row secured at place at the company’s popular summer internship in London. Sebastian Lindeborg is studying Ekonom

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-internship-finance-goes-annually-cambridge-oxford-and-lund - 2025-01-27

Published 11 August 2016 5G world record set by Lund University and Bristol University researchers. Photo: National Instruments Researcher Steffen Malkowsky, together with research colleagues from Lund University, Sweden, and the University of Bristol, UK, has achieved a new world record in 5G technology, thereby surpassing the previous record that he himself contributed to last spring. The succes

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-set-new-5g-world-record-and-earn-multiple-awards - 2025-01-27

Published 15 August 2016 Tuesday 16 August 2016 is "Arrival Day" for over 2,000 new international students at Lund University. Arrival Day is a dedicated day to welcome international students to their new environment at Lund University. Students are greeted by international mentors at Copenhagen Airport and at the Lund train station, before being driven to the Academic Society building to be ‘chec

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-welcomes-students-around-world-arrival-day - 2025-01-27

Published 16 August 2016 Scientists have been able to show that birds fly faster in flocks. Photo: Beninfreo New research at Lund University in Sweden shows that the flight speed of birds is determined by a variety of factors. Among the most sensational is that the size of the flock has a significant impact on how fast the birds can fly. The larger the flock, the higher the speed. Researchers at t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-fly-faster-large-flocks - 2025-01-27

Published 17 August 2016 An American emperor dragonfly accelerates streaks of smoke down when it flaps its four wings. The photo has been edited. PHOTO: IGOR SIWANOWICZ/HUAI-TI LIN The complicated structure of the dragonfly’s wings makes them sturdier and increases their stability and flexibility in the air, without affecting the aerodynamics. The research results may become applicable in the wind

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dragonflys-flight-technique-uncovered - 2025-01-27

Published 17 August 2016 Abuse of addictive prescription drugs is increasing, and is at risk of becoming a major public health problem in Europe. Photo: MostPhotos The largest study of prescription drug abuse in Europe shows that more than 12 per cent of Swedes over age 12 have abused prescription medication. The results, published in the scientific journal BMC Psychiatry, are based on studies in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prescription-drug-abuse-europe - 2025-01-27

Published 23 August 2016 Study uncovers what exactly makes authoritarian and socially dominant people have an increased tendency to accept torture. Photo: F. Mariani A research group of psychologists from Lund University in Sweden have shown that authoritarian people and those who perceive their own group as socially superior to others are often more inclined to accept the use of torture. The thin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-do-some-people-find-it-easier-accept-torture-and-assault-others - 2025-01-27

Published 24 August 2016 21-year-old orangutang Naong demonstrated that he can predict the taste sensations. Photographer: Tomas Persson A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that orangutans can imagine whether or not a certain juice blend is good or not, based on its ingredients. Predicting an experience of something that has not yet occurred can be done by using so-called affective fo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/orangutans-can-predict-future-experiences - 2025-01-27

Published 25 August 2016 By assigning barcodes to stem cells, researchers can see how individual stem cells in the blood differ from one another, and how their functions change with age. Photo: MostPhotos By assigning a barcode to stem cells, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made it possible to monitor large blood cell populations as well as individual blood cells, and study the chang

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/barcodes-show-blood-family-tree - 2025-01-27

Published 5 September 2016 The three-dimensional structure of the RNR enzyme from the bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa shows how it shuts down when there is no longer a need for DNA building blocks. Illustration: Derek Logan A study of an enzyme that helps build and repair DNA in living organisms increases our understanding of how these processes are controlled and how we can use this to combat in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-building-blocks-life - 2025-01-27

Published 6 September 2016 Lund University has once again been ranked as the number one university in Sweden and the 73rd best in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2016/17 that was released today. With 17,000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’s univers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-once-again-top-100-qs-university-rankings - 2025-01-27

Published 13 September 2016 Study points out how important follow-ups are to evaluate patients’ psychological well-being after gastric bypass surgery. Photo: Shutterstock Research from Lund University shows that one in five adolescents who have undergone obesity surgery experience poor mental health. Some have even had suicidal thoughts. The study is based on follow-up studies of 88 adolescents wh

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increased-focus-mental-health-young-obesity-surgery-patients - 2025-01-27