About this Special Issue

Volume 42, Issue 5-6, 2026

Free Access Editorial
Being for ‘state of the art’
Matthew Higgins & Mark Tadajewski
Being ‘state of the art’ champions a style of writing that not only builds upon but actively extends the latest thinking within a particular field…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2026.2641336

Article
Dimensions of power and resistance: a critical review of racial dynamics in the marketplace
Judy Foster Davis & Matthew H. Sauber
This comprehensive review provides a critical examination of the literature on marketing and racial dynamics centring the concept of racialised market structures, emphasising aspects of power and resistance within marketing domains which shape racial dynamics in Global North and Global South marketplace contexts…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2026.2641021

Open Access Article
Refugee marketplace discrimination: a systematic integrative review
Carmen Iuliana Mal, Tana Cristina Licsandru & Ela Veresiu
This study examines the state of research on refugees’ marketplace discrimination through a systematic integrative review of 215 publications spanning business, management, marketing, and social sciences. An intersectional analysis reveals a framework illustrating the conditions, manifestations, and proposed solutions surrounding refugee marketplace discrimination…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2026.2619634

Open Access Article
Degrowth: a literature review and conceptualisation for sustainable marketing and consumer research
Javier Lloveras & Mario Pansera
This paper offers a theory-oriented, narrative review and conceptualisation of degrowth in the fields of sustainable marketing and consumer research. We trace how environmental concerns have been addressed across successive marketing approaches, showing how such initiatives remain tethered to the growth imperative…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2025.2572966

Open Access Article
Scholarship on alternative food networks: from mid-life crisis to life begins at 40?
Angela Tregear, Matthew Gorton, Damian Maye, Aimee Morse & Marie Steytler
This paper critically assesses the literature on Alternative Food Networks (AFNs), based on a systematic literature review, encompassing work from both the rural studies and marketing disciplines. It reflects on the gaps between the contributions from both disciplines, and how they could be addressed in future research…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2025.2579744

Article
The practice barometer: towards an anti-cannibal and trans-environmental agenda
Klara Scheurenbrand & Verena Gruber
This integrative review introduces the ‘practice barometer’ as a conceptual tool to assess and guide practice-based sustainability research in sociology and marketing. Drawing on an integrative analysis of the existing literature, we argue for the relevance of practice theory as a powerful framework for understanding sustainability, critiquing capitalism, and advancing scholarship…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2026.2638747

Article
The law and consumer harm in multi-level marketing: a review
C. Groß & W. W. Keep
This paper examines the difference between real-world legal and consumer harm issues caused by multi-level marketing (MLM) and their treatment in marketing literature…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2025.2578617

Open Access Article
State of the art: celebrity in the marketplace
Toni Eagar, Hayley L. Cocker & Rohan Venkatraman
This paper provides a synthesis of the fragmented literature on celebrity as a marketplace commodity. Moving beyond the traditional view of celebrities as mere endorsement assets, it establishes an integrative framework for understanding the lifecycle of celebrity – from production and consumption to exploitation, dissipation, and resurrection…
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2025.2575327