Many of us are concerned about just want to get through it. But the consumer madness of late December is the perfect time to ponder the consequences of our habits and excesses.
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How the best brands tap into the spirit of the season.
The retailer’s emblematic ad should have stuck their grandad in a rocket and blasted him straight to party central.
Splitting the Goods and Services Tax in two, and taxing goods at a higher rate, would help to reflect the extra environmental damage done by products that are bought and later thrown in the rubbish.
The reality of the market is that most wine industry sales are very simple and bulk oriented. People are interested in wine being cheap, and tasting reasonably good. So why is the language so flowery?
The world’s rainforests are still being slashed and burned at a dizzying rate to make consumer products. But now there are signs of real political will, especially in Asia, to rein in the destruction.
To be good global citizens, we must stop churning through energy-hungry devices. Earth cannot cope with the burdens, including mountains of e-waste, that electronic consumerism creates.
What does your vision of a sustainable future look like? Some people imagine a world where technology solves the world’s most pressing environmental problems.
Through the years, the iconic lawn dweller has migrated across a range of tastes.
Inside the theme park where kids have to play at real jobs to earn a living.
Our expert reveals that modern coffee culture has its roots in 18th-century literature.
How can we live within the means of our planet? Almost all environmental literature grossly underestimates what is needed for our civilisation to become sustainable.
In the first of our series, On Happiness, the question is whether unsustainable consumption and debt can ever bring us happiness. The global financial question was a chance to take stock, yet did we learn anything?
Wednesday Martin’s book Primates of Park Avenue has stirred debate over the so-called “wife bonus”, but feminism needs to be about more than the ability to buy things.
From his line of Target homeware to his one-of-a-kind buildings, Michael Graves was inspired by the basic needs of everyday people.
By featuring girls who buck the conventions of their world – and ours – films like Insurgent inspire fans to enact real change.
Fingers crossed, we are soon to be inundated with Christmas joy disguised as presents from our family and friends. I received my first card more than a week ago and a present – now sitting under the tree…
The “spirit of Christmas” is all about universal goodwill, caring about others and the importance of family and friends, right? Or is it about shopping? The festive buying frenzy is the clearest indication…
The evisceration scene. Connoisseurs of zombie cinema will know that this is near mandatory but, at this point, I’m going to assume that you have no idea what I am talking about. It goes like this. Imagine…
In today’s China, the philosopher Confucius is back. To mark his 2,565th birthday this September, the nation’s President, Xi Jinping, paid homage to the sage at an international conference convened for…
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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