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&#160;The CHORD (Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution) conference on:'Retailing and Distribution before 1600'will take place at the University of Wolverhamptonon 15 September 2016The programme, together with abstracts, registration details and further information, can be found at:www.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/conf2016.htmThe programme includes:Graham Barton, University of Gloucestershire, UKImages of Roman RetailersStuart Brookes, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UKReassessing the transport geography of early medieval EnglandLuca Clerici, University of Padova, Italy &#38; École Normale Supérieure, Paris, FranceProvisioning the marketplace: shoppers, hucksters, and direct sellers in early modern Italy (Vicenza, sixteenth century)Zoe Hudson, University of Kent, UKThe Shopping Networks of Richard StonleyUna McIlvenna, University of Kent, UKThe street singer of news in early modern EuropeEljas Oksanen, Portable Antiquities Scheme, British Museum, UKMedieval Markets and Fairs seen through the Portable Antiquities Scheme DataMark Page, Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, UKWho were the shopkeepers of medieval England?Bethany Pleydell, University of Bristol, UK‘A most necessary forreyne commodytie for the lande’: Spanish Leather Exports for an English Market, c.1554-1600Catherine Richardson, University of Kent, UK‘buy mee a close stoole at london’: domestic shopping between London and the provincesMartin Roberts, independent researcher and consultant on the Pewter Wreck project, UKThe Overseas Trade of London’s Pewterers in the first half of the 16th Century – evidence from shipwrecks and the archives.Tabitha Stanmore, University of Bristol / University of Exeter, UKMake it rain: cunning folk and the sale of magical services in England, 1350-1650Kate Kelsey Staples, West Virginia University, USMateriality and Meaning: Goods as Legal and Cultural CurrencyPhilip Tromans, De Montfort University, UKInside Elizabethan BookshopsPaul Williams, University of Exeter, UKShop Fines in Early Tudor ExeterThe conference will be held at the University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Campus.The fee is £22.For further information and to register, please see the conference web-pages, at: www.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/conf2016.htmOr contact Laura Ugolini, at: L.Ugolini@wlv.ac.ukInformation about CHORD events can also be found here: https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/Prof. Laura UgoliniProfessor of HistoryDept. of History, Politics, War StudiesFaculty of Social SciencesUniversity of WolverhamptonWolverhamptonWV1 1LY