Consumerism reaches a frenzied peak as the holidays approach, but it’s not too late to put on the brakes.
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The meeting of canvas and rubber that began in the 1830s still inspires crowds to queue for the latest pair. Sneakers are now big business and high fashion.
The sale of women’s backpacks is up by more than 20 per cent in the past year: but why can’t we just call it a backpack? Why does it have to be a ‘lady backpack?’
InterContinental Hotels Group plans to switch miniature toiletries for bulk products, but it isn’t likely to do as much for the environment as activists might think.
The number of Airbnb properties has exploded since its founding in 2008. A hospitality management expert looked at how this has hurt hotels.
It’s natural to feel powerless against climate breakdown. But transforming pain into action can be infectious, and might just tip the balance towards a healthy climate.
JFK pushed consumer rights to the top of the national agenda in 1962, leading to a raft of new laws offering new protections. But without enforcement, such rights are meaningless.
With more and more brands claiming to be “luxury”, historical players have begun to rethink their use of the term.
Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
The sharing economy is often romanticised as a shift away from the evils of capitalism to a more communal and socially conscious way of life. But is this simply clever marketing?
There’s a time cost and a risk of overspending for customers. For retailers, returns can be a massive headache.
Forget Brexit or online competition. Millennials are just not consuming with the same fervour as their mums and dads.
The government has been partially closed since Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. A finance professor who studied the 2013 shutdown explains the economic impact.
Many people become more forgiving of poor service if there are Christmas symbols around.
When your kids stop believing, it’s probably harder on you than on them.
Christmas is hectic, and it can be easy just to go with the flow and vow to cut your plastic use in the new year. But here are some easy steps you can take now to make your Christmas plastic-free.
Hide the credit cards and instead build traditions with your kids. Supporting a child through gift disappointment is important to their emotional, cognitive and social development.
Getting into the Christmas spirit means buying stuff. But how much is too much?
The average consumerist suburban lifestyle is unsustainable. But what if affluent suburbanites and battlers alike ditch the rat race and embrace economic ‘degrowth’? Here’s how it might unfold.
Sixty years ago, stereo promised to forever change the way people listened to music. But how could record companies convince customers to buy a new record player, speakers and amplifier?
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Professor of Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Cardiff University
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Professor of Consumer Research, University of Bristol
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Lecturer of Marketing in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, The Open University
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Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Work and Organisation, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor of Art History, Miami University
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Professor Emeritus of International Management and Marketing, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter